MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Grant Taylor
Grant Taylor
CWS · P
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Portrait of Jhoan Duran
Jhoan Duran
PHI · P
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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. Jhoan Duran’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Grant Taylor wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Jhoan Duran wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Grant Taylor
98.2
Jhoan Duran
100.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
14.4%
Jhoan Duran
19.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
34.6%
Jhoan Duran
38.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
34.5%
Jhoan Duran
34.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
40.3%
Jhoan Duran
47.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
6.7%
Jhoan Duran
4.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Taylor
.234
Jhoan Duran
.236
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 Taylor
24.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.12
2.26
Jhoan Duran
24.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.53
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Grant Taylor
.9001.35
now 1.11
1.13
Jhoan Duran
.9001.35
now 0.96
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Taylor
4052
now 44
32
Jhoan Duran
4052
now 26
24
Winshigher is better
Grant Taylor
.0001.48
now 1
01
Jhoan Duran
.0001.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Grant Taylor
.00022.40
now 1
01
Jhoan Duran
.00022.40
now 12
916
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyGrant Taylor — buy.conf 0.92
Hold · wait & seeJhoan Duran — hold.conf 0.50
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