MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Gage Jump
Gage Jump
ATH · P
Change to
Yusei Kikuchi
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Gage Jump wins 1 (ERA); Yusei Kikuchi wins 1 (K); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gage Jump
96.3
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gage Jump
11.9%
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gage Jump
23.5%
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gage Jump
33.2%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gage Jump
40.6%
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gage Jump
5.1%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gage Jump
.309
Yusei Kikuchi
.340
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
Gage Jump
2.668.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.20
3.96
Yusei Kikuchi
2.668.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Gage Jump
1.032.28
now 2.00
1.31
Yusei Kikuchi
1.032.28
now 1.58
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gage Jump
4069.40
now 5
43
Yusei Kikuchi
4069.40
now 33
51
Winshigher is better
Gage Jump
.000.480
now 0
00
Yusei Kikuchi
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyGage Jump — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55
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