MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Griffin Jax
Griffin Jax
TB · P
Change to
Kyle Backhus
PHI · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Griffin Jax wins 2 (K, W); Kyle Backhus wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Griffin Jax
96.1
Kyle Backhus
90.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Griffin Jax
15.1%
Kyle Backhus
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Griffin Jax
25.7%
Kyle Backhus
21.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Griffin Jax
34.9%
Kyle Backhus
29.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Griffin Jax
39.7%
Kyle Backhus
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Griffin Jax
9.8%
Kyle Backhus
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Griffin Jax
.333
Kyle Backhus
.298
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
Griffin Jax
3.285.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.76
4.36
Kyle Backhus
3.285.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.66
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Griffin Jax
1.151.56
now 1.47
1.27
Kyle Backhus
1.151.56
now 1.24
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Griffin Jax
4040.80
now 32
22
Kyle Backhus
4040.80
now 10
15
Winshigher is better
Griffin Jax
.0001.48
now 1
01
Kyle Backhus
.0001.48
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellGriffin Jax — sell.conf 0.74
Buy LowKyle Backhus — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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