MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Grant Anderson
Grant Anderson
MIL · P
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Portrait of Ryan Yarbrough
Ryan Yarbrough
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Yarbrough.

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

Ryan Yarbrough 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
93.4
Ryan Yarbrough
87.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Anderson
12.2%
Ryan Yarbrough
11.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Anderson
20.8%
Ryan Yarbrough
16.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Anderson
28.8%
Ryan Yarbrough
27.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Anderson
38.7%
Ryan Yarbrough
23.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Anderson
6.7%
Ryan Yarbrough
3.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Anderson
.274
Ryan Yarbrough
.273
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
2.154.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.59
3.68
Ryan Yarbrough
2.154.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.66
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Grant Anderson
.9001.35
now 0.99
1.25
Ryan Yarbrough
.9001.35
now 1.12
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Anderson
4023.60
now 18
16
Ryan Yarbrough
4023.60
now 14
18
Winshigher is better
Grant Anderson
.0001.48
now 1
01
Ryan Yarbrough
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Grant Anderson
.0003.40
now 0
0
Ryan Yarbrough
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGrant Anderson — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyan Yarbrough — hold.conf 0.50
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