MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole
NYY · 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, and WHIP.

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

Jacob Misiorowski wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Gerrit Cole wins 0 (none); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
96.9
Jacob Misiorowski
100.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
10.5%
Jacob Misiorowski
19.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
25.8%
Jacob Misiorowski
40.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
27.6%
Jacob Misiorowski
35.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
42.6%
Jacob Misiorowski
34.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
9.3%
Jacob Misiorowski
2.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
.287
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
Gerrit Cole
24.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.40
Jacob Misiorowski
24.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.65
1.91
WHIPlower is better
Gerrit Cole
.9001.33
now 0.71
1.15
Jacob Misiorowski
.9001.33
now 0.79
0.90

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gerrit Cole
40146.40
now 12
34
Jacob Misiorowski
40146.40
now 108
59
Winshigher is better
Gerrit Cole
.0008
now 1
24
Jacob Misiorowski
.0008
now 6
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyGerrit Cole — buy.conf 0.81
BuyJacob Misiorowski — buy.conf 0.92
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