MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 5, 2026
Portrait of Jack Perkins
Jack Perkins
ATH · P
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Portrait of Juan Mejia
Juan Mejia
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jack Perkins wins 2 (K, W); Juan Mejia wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jack Perkins
96.1
Juan Mejia
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jack Perkins
13.6%
Juan Mejia
13.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jack Perkins
27.9%
Juan Mejia
23.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jack Perkins
34.8%
Juan Mejia
32.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jack Perkins
38.4%
Juan Mejia
40.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jack Perkins
7.2%
Juan Mejia
4.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jack Perkins
.313
Juan Mejia
.322
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 Perkins
2.846.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.46
3.94
Juan Mejia
2.846.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Jack Perkins
1.011.90
now 1.21
1.27
Juan Mejia
1.011.90
now 1.70
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jack Perkins
4040.60
now 33
35
Juan Mejia
4040.60
now 30
33
Winshigher is better
Jack Perkins
.2003.80
now 2
13
Juan Mejia
.2003.80
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Jack Perkins
.6005.40
now 3
24
Juan Mejia
.6005.40
now 3
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJack Perkins — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeJuan Mejia — hold.conf 0.55
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