MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Foster Griffin
Foster Griffin
WSH · P
Change to
Max Fried
NYY · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Foster Griffin.

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

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Foster Griffin
91.4
Max Fried
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Foster Griffin
12.0%
Max Fried
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Foster Griffin
22.6%
Max Fried
22.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Foster Griffin
33.4%
Max Fried
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Foster Griffin
36.9%
Max Fried
30.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Foster Griffin
9.1%
Max Fried
1.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Foster Griffin
.306
Max Fried
.246
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
Foster Griffin
24.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.76
3.90
Max Fried
24.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.21
2.48
WHIPlower is better
Foster Griffin
.9001.39
now 1.15
1.15
Max Fried
.9001.39
now 1.01
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Foster Griffin
4074.60
now 65
47
Max Fried
4074.60
now 50
41
Winshigher is better
Foster Griffin
.4007.60
now 6
36
Max Fried
.4007.60
now 4
24

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
BuyMax Fried — buy.conf 0.92
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