MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Grant Taylor
Grant Taylor
CWS · P
Change to
Victor Vodnik
COL · 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); Victor Vodnik wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Grant Taylor
98.2
Victor Vodnik
98.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
14.7%
Victor Vodnik
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
33.8%
Victor Vodnik
16.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
34.8%
Victor Vodnik
28.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
42.1%
Victor Vodnik
36.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
7.0%
Victor Vodnik
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Taylor
.243
Victor Vodnik
.325
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
3.59
Victor Vodnik
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Grant Taylor
.9002.51
now 1.11
1.23
Victor Vodnik
.9002.51
now 2.11
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Taylor
4055.20
now 44
36
Victor Vodnik
4055.20
now 16
21
Winshigher is better
Grant Taylor
.0002.80
now 1
01
Victor Vodnik
.0002.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Grant Taylor
.0008.40
now 1
01
Victor Vodnik
.0008.40
now 4
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGrant Taylor — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeVictor Vodnik — hold.conf 0.55
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