MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Grant Taylor
Grant Taylor
CWS · P
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Portrait of Pete Fairbanks
Pete Fairbanks
MIA · 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.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Grant Taylor wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Pete Fairbanks 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
Pete Fairbanks
97.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
14.5%
Pete Fairbanks
13.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
33.2%
Pete Fairbanks
29.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
34.8%
Pete Fairbanks
34.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
40.7%
Pete Fairbanks
44.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
6.8%
Pete Fairbanks
13.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Taylor
.241
Pete Fairbanks
.345
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.12
2.39
Pete Fairbanks
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.04
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Grant Taylor
1.031.38
now 1.11
1.16
Pete Fairbanks
1.031.38
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Taylor
4052.80
now 44
34
Pete Fairbanks
4052.80
now 22
26
Winshigher is better
Grant Taylor
.0004.20
now 1
01
Pete Fairbanks
.0004.20
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Grant Taylor
.00012.60
now 1
01
Pete Fairbanks
.00012.60
now 6
59
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyGrant Taylor — buy.conf 0.92
Hold · wait & seePete Fairbanks — hold.conf 0.55
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