MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Jack Flaherty
Jack Flaherty
DET · P
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Portrait of Troy Melton
Troy Melton
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Troy Melton.

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

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jack Flaherty
92.8
Troy Melton
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jack Flaherty
12.3%
Troy Melton
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jack Flaherty
26.4%
Troy Melton
21.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jack Flaherty
28.1%
Troy Melton
31.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jack Flaherty
47.3%
Troy Melton
36.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jack Flaherty
8.4%
Troy Melton
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jack Flaherty
.322
Troy Melton
.269
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
27.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.26
Troy Melton
27.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.42
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Jack Flaherty
.9001.87
now 1.61
1.36
Troy Melton
.9001.87
now 0.95
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jack Flaherty
4097.80
now 64
71
Troy Melton
4097.80
now 4
15
Winshigher is better
Jack Flaherty
.0008.40
now 0
00
Troy Melton
.0008.40
now 1
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellJack Flaherty — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighTroy Melton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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