MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Grant Taylor
Grant Taylor
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Jonathan Bowlan
Jonathan Bowlan
PHI · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Grant Taylor wins 1 (K); Jonathan Bowlan wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Grant Taylor
98.1
Jonathan Bowlan
97.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
13.3%
Jonathan Bowlan
15.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
32.4%
Jonathan Bowlan
31.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
33.1%
Jonathan Bowlan
35.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
41.1%
Jonathan Bowlan
35.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
7.4%
Jonathan Bowlan
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Taylor
.259
Jonathan Bowlan
.259
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
25.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.12
2.76
Jonathan Bowlan
25.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.67
2.76
WHIPlower is better
Grant Taylor
1.031.24
now 1.11
1.17
Jonathan Bowlan
1.031.24
now 1.15
1.10

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Taylor
4060
now 44
8
Jonathan Bowlan
4060
now 16
4
Winshigher is better
Grant Taylor
.0001.48
now 1
00
Jonathan Bowlan
.0001.48
now 1
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighGrant Taylor — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.89
BuyJonathan Bowlan — buy.conf 0.92
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