MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of George Kirby
George Kirby
SEA · P
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Portrait of Jacob Misiorowski
Jacob Misiorowski
MIL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob Misiorowski.

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

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

Jacob Misiorowski wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); George Kirby wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
George Kirby
96.6
Jacob Misiorowski
100.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
George Kirby
11.6%
Jacob Misiorowski
19.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
George Kirby
21.0%
Jacob Misiorowski
40.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
George Kirby
34.0%
Jacob Misiorowski
35.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
George Kirby
41.9%
Jacob Misiorowski
34.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
George Kirby
7.6%
Jacob Misiorowski
2.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
George Kirby
.305
Jacob Misiorowski
.215
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
George Kirby
24.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.88
Jacob Misiorowski
24.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.65
1.91
WHIPlower is better
George Kirby
.9001.50
now 1.22
1.30
Jacob Misiorowski
.9001.50
now 0.79
0.90

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
George Kirby
40136.80
now 59
36
Jacob Misiorowski
40136.80
now 108
63
Winshigher is better
George Kirby
.4007.60
now 5
24
Jacob Misiorowski
.4007.60
now 6
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyGeorge Kirby — hold.conf 0.60
BuyJacob Misiorowski — buy.conf 0.92
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