MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Jack Leiter
Jack Leiter
TEX · P
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Portrait of Janson Junk
Janson Junk
MIA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Janson Junk.

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

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

Janson Junk wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Jack Leiter wins 1 (K); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jack Leiter
96.7
Janson Junk
94.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
12.2%
Janson Junk
8.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
23.4%
Janson Junk
17.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
30.4%
Janson Junk
28.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jack Leiter
39.9%
Janson Junk
41.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jack Leiter
10.3%
Janson Junk
7.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jack Leiter
.336
Janson Junk
.317
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
Jack Leiter
3.935.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.56
Janson Junk
3.935.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.80
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Jack Leiter
1.231.44
now 1.33
1.37
Janson Junk
1.231.44
now 1.30
1.35

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jack Leiter
4088.80
now 74
59
Janson Junk
4088.80
now 43
37
Winshigher is better
Jack Leiter
1.204.80
now 3
23
Janson Junk
1.204.80
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJack Leiter — sell.conf 0.76
Hold · steadyJanson Junk — hold.conf 0.60
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