MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole
NYY · P
Change to
Portrait of Joe Ryan
Joe Ryan
MIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Joe Ryan.

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

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

Joe Ryan wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Gerrit Cole wins 0 (none); 2 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
Joe Ryan
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
10.5%
Joe Ryan
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
25.9%
Joe Ryan
27.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
29.2%
Joe Ryan
32.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
43.1%
Joe Ryan
42.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
10.3%
Joe Ryan
11.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
.291
Joe Ryan
.290
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
Gerrit Cole
24.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.50
Joe Ryan
24.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.48
WHIPlower is better
Gerrit Cole
.9001.28
now 0.71
1.12
Joe Ryan
.9001.28
now 0.97
1.12

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gerrit Cole
40105.80
now 12
42
Joe Ryan
40105.80
now 79
55
Winshigher is better
Gerrit Cole
.0006.60
now 1
25
Joe Ryan
.0006.60
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyGerrit Cole — buy.conf 0.78
BuyJoe Ryan — buy.conf 0.79
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