MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Jack Kochanowicz
Jack Kochanowicz
LAA · P
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Portrait of Merrill Kelly
Merrill Kelly
AZ · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Merrill Kelly.

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

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

Merrill Kelly wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); Jack Kochanowicz wins 1 (ERA); SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jack Kochanowicz
96.2
Merrill Kelly
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jack Kochanowicz
10.7%
Merrill Kelly
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jack Kochanowicz
15.9%
Merrill Kelly
14.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jack Kochanowicz
25.6%
Merrill Kelly
34.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jack Kochanowicz
42.8%
Merrill Kelly
44.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jack Kochanowicz
7.2%
Merrill Kelly
13.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jack Kochanowicz
.359
Merrill Kelly
.406
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 Kochanowicz
4.556.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
5.07
Merrill Kelly
4.556.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
6.34
WHIPlower is better
Jack Kochanowicz
1.371.59
now 1.48
1.52
Merrill Kelly
1.371.59
now 1.46
1.44

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jack Kochanowicz
4051.60
now 46
37
Merrill Kelly
4051.60
now 33
39
Winshigher is better
Jack Kochanowicz
.0009.40
now 2
12
Merrill Kelly
.0009.40
now 5
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJack Kochanowicz — sell.conf 0.90
SellMerrill Kelly — sell.conf 0.90
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