MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Griffin Canning
Griffin Canning
SD · P
Change to
Yusei Kikuchi
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yusei Kikuchi.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP.

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

Yusei Kikuchi wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Griffin Canning wins 1 (ERA); 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
Yusei Kikuchi
95.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Griffin Canning
11.7%
Yusei Kikuchi
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Griffin Canning
22.7%
Yusei Kikuchi
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Griffin Canning
26.5%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Griffin Canning
45.2%
Yusei Kikuchi
44.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Griffin Canning
8.7%
Yusei Kikuchi
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Griffin Canning
.328
Yusei Kikuchi
.346
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
3.308.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.16
4.40
Yusei Kikuchi
3.308.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.78
WHIPlower is better
Griffin Canning
1.271.67
now 1.55
1.42
Yusei Kikuchi
1.271.67
now 1.58
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Griffin Canning
4041.80
now 27
11
Yusei Kikuchi
4041.80
now 33
12
Winshigher is better
Griffin Canning
.000.480
now 0
00
Yusei Kikuchi
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellGriffin Canning — hold.conf 0.60
SellYusei Kikuchi — sell.conf 0.86
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