MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Griffin Canning
Griffin Canning
SD · P
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Portrait of Kumar Rocker
Kumar Rocker
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Griffin Canning.

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

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

Griffin Canning wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Kumar Rocker wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Griffin Canning
94.5
Kumar Rocker
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Griffin Canning
11.6%
Kumar Rocker
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Griffin Canning
22.8%
Kumar Rocker
21.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Griffin Canning
26.7%
Kumar Rocker
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Griffin Canning
45.3%
Kumar Rocker
39.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Griffin Canning
8.6%
Kumar Rocker
7.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Griffin Canning
.327
Kumar Rocker
.329
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
Griffin Canning
2.098.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.16
4.39
Kumar Rocker
2.098.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
4.42
WHIPlower is better
Griffin Canning
1.231.64
now 1.55
1.41
Kumar Rocker
1.231.64
now 1.32
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Griffin Canning
4058
now 27
10
Kumar Rocker
4058
now 44
9
Winshigher is better
Griffin Canning
.0002.80
now 0
00
Kumar Rocker
.0002.80
now 2
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellGriffin Canning — hold.conf 0.60
SellKumar Rocker — sell.conf 0.70
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