MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Grant Holmes
Grant Holmes
ATL · P
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Portrait of Robbie Ray
Robbie Ray
SD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Robbie Ray.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Grant Holmes’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 n/a

Robbie Ray wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Grant Holmes wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Grant Holmes
94.2
Robbie Ray
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Holmes
13.1%
Robbie Ray
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Holmes
19.7%
Robbie Ray
20.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Holmes
31.4%
Robbie Ray
29.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Holmes
42.5%
Robbie Ray
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Holmes
9.2%
Robbie Ray
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Holmes
.333
Robbie Ray
.324
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
Grant Holmes
3.734.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.95
4.49
Robbie Ray
3.734.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.45
4.31
WHIPlower is better
Grant Holmes
1.261.47
now 1.33
1.37
Robbie Ray
1.261.47
now 1.40
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Holmes
4067.40
now 53
38
Robbie Ray
4067.40
now 59
40
Winshigher is better
Grant Holmes
.2003.80
now 3
13
Robbie Ray
.2003.80
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighGrant Holmes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighRobbie Ray — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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