MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Graham Ashcraft
Graham Ashcraft
CIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Jason Adam
Jason Adam
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Graham Ashcraft.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Jason Adam’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Graham Ashcraft wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Jason Adam wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
98.0
Jason Adam
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
14.7%
Jason Adam
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
29.4%
Jason Adam
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
33.3%
Jason Adam
35.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
36.1%
Jason Adam
36.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
6.6%
Jason Adam
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
.286
Jason Adam
.288
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
Graham Ashcraft
24.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.68
Jason Adam
24.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.90
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Graham Ashcraft
.9001.36
now 1.22
1.26
Jason Adam
.9001.36
now 1.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
4040.40
now 32
15
Jason Adam
4040.40
now 11
12
Winshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
.0002.80
now 1
01
Jason Adam
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
.0002.40
now 1
01
Jason Adam
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGraham Ashcraft — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJason Adam — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.92
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