MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Portrait of Graham Ashcraft
Graham Ashcraft
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Portrait of Jalen Beeks
Jalen Beeks
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Graham Ashcraft.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Graham Ashcraft wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Jalen Beeks wins 2 (WHIP, W).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
98.0
Jalen Beeks
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
14.7%
Jalen Beeks
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
29.4%
Jalen Beeks
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
33.3%
Jalen Beeks
28.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
36.1%
Jalen Beeks
42.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
6.6%
Jalen Beeks
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
.287
Jalen Beeks
.363
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
Graham Ashcraft
3.114.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.68
Jalen Beeks
3.114.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Graham Ashcraft
1.151.44
now 1.22
1.26
Jalen Beeks
1.151.44
now 1.37
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
4037.60
now 32
21
Jalen Beeks
4037.60
now 18
18
Winshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
.0004.20
now 1
01
Jalen Beeks
.0004.20
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
.0003.40
now 1
02
Jalen Beeks
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGraham Ashcraft — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJalen Beeks — hold.conf 0.50
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