MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Grant Taylor
Grant Taylor
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Jeff Hoffman
Jeff Hoffman
TOR · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Grant Taylor.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Jeff Hoffman’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

Grant Taylor wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Jeff Hoffman wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Grant Taylor
98.2
Jeff Hoffman
96.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
14.2%
Jeff Hoffman
19.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
34.2%
Jeff Hoffman
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
34.3%
Jeff Hoffman
38.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
41.3%
Jeff Hoffman
33.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
7.1%
Jeff Hoffman
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Taylor
.239
Jeff Hoffman
.283
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 Taylor
27.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.12
2.35
Jeff Hoffman
27.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.31
3.32
WHIPlower is better
Grant Taylor
.9002.01
now 1.11
1.13
Jeff Hoffman
.9002.01
now 1.75
1.17

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Taylor
4052.60
now 44
29
Jeff Hoffman
4052.60
now 45
26
Winshigher is better
Grant Taylor
.0005.60
now 1
01
Jeff Hoffman
.0005.60
now 4
24
Saveshigher is better
Grant Taylor
.0007
now 1
01
Jeff Hoffman
.0007
now 5
24
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyGrant Taylor — buy.conf 0.92
Buy LowJeff Hoffman — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.84
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