MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Grant Anderson
Grant Anderson
MIL · P
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Portrait of Jalen Beeks
Jalen Beeks
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jalen Beeks.

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

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

Jalen Beeks wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Grant Anderson wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Grant Anderson
93.4
Jalen Beeks
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Anderson
12.4%
Jalen Beeks
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Anderson
21.0%
Jalen Beeks
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Anderson
29.4%
Jalen Beeks
28.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Anderson
38.4%
Jalen Beeks
42.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Anderson
7.2%
Jalen Beeks
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Anderson
.277
Jalen Beeks
.363
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
Grant Anderson
2.084.37
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.59
3.68
Jalen Beeks
2.084.37
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Grant Anderson
.9001.52
now 0.99
1.25
Jalen Beeks
.9001.52
now 1.37
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Anderson
4023.60
now 18
14
Jalen Beeks
4023.60
now 18
15
Winshigher is better
Grant Anderson
.0002.80
now 1
01
Jalen Beeks
.0002.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGrant Anderson — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJalen Beeks — hold.conf 0.50
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