MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Grant Wolfram
Grant Wolfram
BAL · P
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Portrait of Jalen Beeks
Jalen Beeks
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Grant Wolfram.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Jalen Beeks’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Grant Wolfram wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Jalen Beeks wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
95.3
Jalen Beeks
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
12.0%
Jalen Beeks
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
24.4%
Jalen Beeks
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
31.4%
Jalen Beeks
28.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Wolfram
37.9%
Jalen Beeks
42.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Wolfram
5.7%
Jalen Beeks
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Wolfram
.288
Jalen Beeks
.363
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 Wolfram
3.484.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
3.70
Jalen Beeks
3.484.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Grant Wolfram
1.121.65
now 1.53
1.24
Jalen Beeks
1.121.65
now 1.37
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Wolfram
4030.60
now 21
25
Jalen Beeks
4030.60
now 18
17
Winshigher is better
Grant Wolfram
.2003.80
now 1
12
Jalen Beeks
.2003.80
now 2
13

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowGrant Wolfram — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeJalen Beeks — hold.conf 0.50
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