MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Griffin Jax
Griffin Jax
TB · P
Change to
Jordan Hicks
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jordan Hicks.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jordan Hicks wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Griffin Jax wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Griffin Jax
96.0
Jordan Hicks
99.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Griffin Jax
15.2%
Jordan Hicks
10.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Griffin Jax
26.4%
Jordan Hicks
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Griffin Jax
35.1%
Jordan Hicks
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Griffin Jax
39.7%
Jordan Hicks
31.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Griffin Jax
9.3%
Jordan Hicks
1.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Griffin Jax
.323
Jordan Hicks
.273
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 Jax
2.946.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.76
4.16
Jordan Hicks
2.946.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Griffin Jax
.9002.43
now 1.47
1.25
Jordan Hicks
.9002.43
now 2.09
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Griffin Jax
4040.40
now 32
19
Jordan Hicks
4040.40
now 15
11
Winshigher is better
Griffin Jax
.0001.48
now 1
01
Jordan Hicks
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Griffin Jax
.0002.40
now 0
0
Jordan Hicks
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
SellGriffin Jax — sell.conf 0.64
Hold · wait & seeJordan Hicks — hold.conf 0.50
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