MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Portrait of Jack Flaherty
Jack Flaherty
DET · P
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Portrait of Shane Baz
Shane Baz
BAL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jack Flaherty.

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

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

Jack Flaherty wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Shane Baz wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jack Flaherty
92.8
Shane Baz
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jack Flaherty
12.0%
Shane Baz
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jack Flaherty
26.5%
Shane Baz
20.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jack Flaherty
28.0%
Shane Baz
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jack Flaherty
47.2%
Shane Baz
40.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jack Flaherty
8.0%
Shane Baz
7.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jack Flaherty
.321
Shane Baz
.327
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
Jack Flaherty
3.616.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.24
Shane Baz
3.616.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.48
4.35
WHIPlower is better
Jack Flaherty
1.271.71
now 1.61
1.37
Shane Baz
1.271.71
now 1.43
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jack Flaherty
49.4083.60
now 64
76
Shane Baz
49.4083.60
now 57
64
Winshigher is better
Jack Flaherty
.0004.20
now 0
00
Shane Baz
.0004.20
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellJack Flaherty — hold.conf 0.60
SellShane Baz — sell.conf 0.67
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