MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Portrait of Grant Anderson
Grant Anderson
MIL · P
Change to
Jordan Hicks
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jordan Hicks.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jordan Hicks wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Grant Anderson wins 2 (ERA, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Grant Anderson
93.3
Jordan Hicks
98.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Anderson
10.4%
Jordan Hicks
7.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Anderson
19.5%
Jordan Hicks
17.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Anderson
27.2%
Jordan Hicks
21.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Anderson
36.5%
Jordan Hicks
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Anderson
8.2%
Jordan Hicks
1.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Anderson
.283
Jordan Hicks
.320
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
26.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.59
3.68
Jordan Hicks
26.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Grant Anderson
.9002.53
now 0.99
1.25
Jordan Hicks
.9002.53
now 2.09
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Anderson
4031.60
now 18
24
Jordan Hicks
4031.60
now 15
26
Winshigher is better
Grant Anderson
.0002.80
now 1
12
Jordan Hicks
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Grant Anderson
.0004.40
now 0
0
Jordan Hicks
.0004.40
now 1
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGrant Anderson — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJordan Hicks — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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