MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 30, 2026
Portrait of Grant Wolfram
Grant Wolfram
BAL · P
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Portrait of Pierce Johnson
Pierce Johnson
CIN · 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. Pierce Johnson’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Grant Wolfram wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Pierce Johnson wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
94.9
Pierce Johnson
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
13.9%
Pierce Johnson
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
26.4%
Pierce Johnson
24.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
34.0%
Pierce Johnson
32.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Wolfram
40.3%
Pierce Johnson
39.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Wolfram
4.2%
Pierce Johnson
16.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Wolfram
.274
Pierce Johnson
.387
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
2.974.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
3.70
Pierce Johnson
2.974.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.27
3.75
WHIPlower is better
Grant Wolfram
1.111.65
now 1.53
1.24
Pierce Johnson
1.111.65
now 1.23
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Wolfram
4037.60
now 21
32
Pierce Johnson
4037.60
now 20
27
Winshigher is better
Grant Wolfram
.0005.20
now 1
12
Pierce Johnson
.0005.20
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Grant Wolfram
.0003.40
now 0
0
Pierce Johnson
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGrant Wolfram — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPierce Johnson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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