MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Grant Taylor
Grant Taylor
CWS · P
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Portrait of Lucas Erceg
Lucas Erceg
KC · 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.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Grant Taylor wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Lucas Erceg 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
Lucas Erceg
97.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
14.4%
Lucas Erceg
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
34.6%
Lucas Erceg
15.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
34.5%
Lucas Erceg
27.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
40.3%
Lucas Erceg
40.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
6.7%
Lucas Erceg
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Taylor
.234
Lucas Erceg
.326
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
28.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.12
2.26
Lucas Erceg
28.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.33
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Grant Taylor
.9002.24
now 1.11
1.13
Lucas Erceg
.9002.24
now 1.92
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Taylor
4054.40
now 44
32
Lucas Erceg
4054.40
now 18
21
Winshigher is better
Grant Taylor
.0005.60
now 1
01
Lucas Erceg
.0005.60
now 3
24
Saveshigher is better
Grant Taylor
.00016.80
now 1
01
Lucas Erceg
.00016.80
now 11
712
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyGrant Taylor — buy.conf 0.92
Hold · wait & seeLucas Erceg — hold.conf 0.55
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