MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Grant Taylor
Grant Taylor
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Riley O'Brien
Riley O'Brien
STL · 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. Riley O'Brien’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); Riley O'Brien 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
Riley O'Brien
98.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
14.5%
Riley O'Brien
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
33.2%
Riley O'Brien
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
34.8%
Riley O'Brien
28.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
40.7%
Riley O'Brien
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
6.8%
Riley O'Brien
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Taylor
.241
Riley O'Brien
.332
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
24.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.12
2.39
Riley O'Brien
24.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.75
WHIPlower is better
Grant Taylor
.9001.35
now 1.11
1.16
Riley O'Brien
.9001.35
now 0.99
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Taylor
4052.80
now 44
34
Riley O'Brien
4052.80
now 27
22
Winshigher is better
Grant Taylor
.0004.20
now 1
01
Riley O'Brien
.0004.20
now 3
23
Saveshigher is better
Grant Taylor
.00021
now 1
01
Riley O'Brien
.00021
now 14
815
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyGrant Taylor — buy.conf 0.92
Hold · wait & seeRiley O'Brien — hold.conf 0.50
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