MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Gregory Soto
Gregory Soto
PIT · P
Change to
Kenley Jansen
DET · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kenley Jansen.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Kenley Jansen wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Gregory Soto wins 2 (ERA, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gregory Soto
97.1
Kenley Jansen
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gregory Soto
12.1%
Kenley Jansen
13.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gregory Soto
28.9%
Kenley Jansen
27.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gregory Soto
29.6%
Kenley Jansen
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gregory Soto
36.1%
Kenley Jansen
32.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gregory Soto
5.0%
Kenley Jansen
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gregory Soto
.274
Kenley Jansen
.288
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
Gregory Soto
25.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.95
3.09
Kenley Jansen
25.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.80
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Gregory Soto
.9001.47
now 0.76
1.27
Kenley Jansen
.9001.47
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gregory Soto
4038.40
now 32
16
Kenley Jansen
4038.40
now 19
19
Winshigher is better
Gregory Soto
.0005.20
now 4
13
Kenley Jansen
.0005.20
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Gregory Soto
110
now 7
35
Kenley Jansen
110
now 7
48
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyGregory Soto — buy.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeKenley Jansen — hold.conf 0.50
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