MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Grant Taylor
Grant Taylor
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Orion Kerkering
Orion Kerkering
PHI · 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); Orion Kerkering wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Grant Taylor
98.2
Orion Kerkering
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
14.9%
Orion Kerkering
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
34.6%
Orion Kerkering
25.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
35.4%
Orion Kerkering
29.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
41.7%
Orion Kerkering
23.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
6.5%
Orion Kerkering
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Taylor
.237
Orion Kerkering
.271
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
24.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.12
3.58
Orion Kerkering
24.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Grant Taylor
1.041.31
now 1.11
1.23
Orion Kerkering
1.041.31
now 1.13
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Taylor
4052.40
now 44
41
Orion Kerkering
4052.40
now 23
26
Winshigher is better
Grant Taylor
.0006.60
now 1
11
Orion Kerkering
.0006.60
now 3
25
Saveshigher is better
Grant Taylor
.0003.40
now 1
02
Orion Kerkering
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGrant Taylor — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighOrion Kerkering — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.75
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