MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Foster Griffin
Foster Griffin
CLE · P
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Portrait of Jacob deGrom
Jacob deGrom
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob deGrom.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

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

Jacob deGrom wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Foster Griffin wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Foster Griffin
91.5
Jacob deGrom
97.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Foster Griffin
11.9%
Jacob deGrom
17.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Foster Griffin
22.1%
Jacob deGrom
28.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Foster Griffin
33.1%
Jacob deGrom
35.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Foster Griffin
37.6%
Jacob deGrom
45.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Foster Griffin
9.2%
Jacob deGrom
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Foster Griffin
.312
Jacob deGrom
.294
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Foster Griffin
3.244.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.76
4.07
Jacob deGrom
3.244.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.48
3.58
WHIPlower is better
Foster Griffin
.9401.24
now 1.15
1.17
Jacob deGrom
.9401.24
now 1.01
1.15

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Foster Griffin
4093.20
now 65
40
Jacob deGrom
4093.20
now 78
49
Winshigher is better
Foster Griffin
.4007.60
now 6
25
Jacob deGrom
.4007.60
now 4
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighFoster Griffin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyJacob deGrom — buy.conf 0.76
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