MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · July 1, 2026
Dylan Cease
TOR · P
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Portrait of Sonny Gray
Sonny Gray
BOS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Dylan Cease wins 2 (K, ERA); Sonny Gray wins 2 (WHIP, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dylan Cease
97.7
Sonny Gray
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dylan Cease
17.0%
Sonny Gray
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dylan Cease
36.7%
Sonny Gray
22.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dylan Cease
31.6%
Sonny Gray
33.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dylan Cease
34.3%
Sonny Gray
37.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dylan Cease
4.5%
Sonny Gray
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dylan Cease
.271
Sonny Gray
.296
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Dylan Cease
2.643.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.91
2.98
Sonny Gray
2.643.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.06
3.58
WHIPlower is better
Dylan Cease
1.091.33
now 1.16
1.26
Sonny Gray
1.091.33
now 1.20
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dylan Cease
40133.40
now 103
107
Sonny Gray
40133.40
now 41
58
Winshigher is better
Dylan Cease
.00016
now 3
25
Sonny Gray
.00016
now 6
512

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyDylan Cease — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighSonny Gray — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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