MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Grant Holmes
Grant Holmes
ATL · P
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Yusei Kikuchi
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Grant Holmes wins 2 (K, W); Yusei Kikuchi wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Grant Holmes
94.3
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Holmes
13.7%
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Holmes
20.3%
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Holmes
32.0%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Holmes
44.9%
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Holmes
9.8%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Holmes
.338
Yusei Kikuchi
.340
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 Holmes
3.216.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.95
4.52
Yusei Kikuchi
3.216.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.17
WHIPlower is better
Grant Holmes
1.201.69
now 1.33
1.40
Yusei Kikuchi
1.201.69
now 1.58
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Holmes
40105.80
now 53
85
Yusei Kikuchi
40105.80
now 33
77
Winshigher is better
Grant Holmes
.0008.40
now 3
36
Yusei Kikuchi
.0008.40
now 0
00

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 0.81
Hold · wait & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55
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