MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole
NYY · P
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Portrait of Sonny Gray
Sonny Gray
BOS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Gerrit Cole.

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

Gerrit Cole wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Sonny Gray wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
96.9
Sonny Gray
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
9.2%
Sonny Gray
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
23.9%
Sonny Gray
22.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
28.9%
Sonny Gray
32.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
41.8%
Sonny Gray
36.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
9.4%
Sonny Gray
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
.293
Sonny Gray
.296
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
25.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.56
Sonny Gray
25.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.06
3.64
WHIPlower is better
Gerrit Cole
.9001.48
now 0.71
1.18
Sonny Gray
.9001.48
now 1.20
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gerrit Cole
4062.40
now 12
48
Sonny Gray
4062.40
now 41
42
Winshigher is better
Gerrit Cole
.00010.80
now 1
25
Sonny Gray
.00010.80
now 6
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyGerrit Cole — buy.conf 0.76
Sell HighSonny Gray — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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