MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Graham Ashcraft
Graham Ashcraft
CIN · P
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Portrait of Mason Montgomery
Mason Montgomery
PIT · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mason Montgomery.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP. Graham Ashcraft’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Mason Montgomery wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Graham Ashcraft wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
98.0
Mason Montgomery
98.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
14.7%
Mason Montgomery
15.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
29.4%
Mason Montgomery
37.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
33.3%
Mason Montgomery
31.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
36.1%
Mason Montgomery
41.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
6.6%
Mason Montgomery
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
.286
Mason Montgomery
.262
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
3.104.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.68
Mason Montgomery
3.104.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.91
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Graham Ashcraft
1.151.33
now 1.22
1.26
Mason Montgomery
1.151.33
now 1.26
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
4039.20
now 32
14
Mason Montgomery
4039.20
now 30
18
Winshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
.0001.48
now 1
01
Mason Montgomery
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
.0002.40
now 1
01
Mason Montgomery
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGraham Ashcraft — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMason Montgomery — hold.conf 0.50
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