MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Portrait of Grayson Rodriguez
Grayson Rodriguez
LAA · P
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Portrait of Kevin Gausman
Kevin Gausman
TOR · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kevin Gausman.

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 n/a

Kevin Gausman wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Grayson Rodriguez wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
96.4
Kevin Gausman
93.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
9.7%
Kevin Gausman
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
19.5%
Kevin Gausman
24.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
21.2%
Kevin Gausman
34.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grayson Rodriguez
51.8%
Kevin Gausman
40.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grayson Rodriguez
10.8%
Kevin Gausman
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grayson Rodriguez
.400
Kevin Gausman
.306
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
Grayson Rodriguez
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.53
4.10
Kevin Gausman
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.13
3.88
WHIPlower is better
Grayson Rodriguez
.9001.90
now 1.67
1.30
Kevin Gausman
.9001.90
now 1.09
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grayson Rodriguez
4088.20
now 14
59
Kevin Gausman
4088.20
now 66
67
Winshigher is better
Grayson Rodriguez
.00013.20
now 2
510
Kevin Gausman
.00013.20
now 4
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGrayson Rodriguez — hold.conf 0.55
Hold · leans buyKevin Gausman — hold.conf 0.60
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