MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Jacob deGrom
Jacob deGrom
TEX · P
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Portrait of Jesús Luzardo
Jesús Luzardo
PHI · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob deGrom.

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

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

Jacob deGrom wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Jesús Luzardo wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jacob deGrom
97.2
Jesús Luzardo
97.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob deGrom
17.7%
Jesús Luzardo
14.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob deGrom
30.2%
Jesús Luzardo
29.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob deGrom
34.4%
Jesús Luzardo
33.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob deGrom
45.2%
Jesús Luzardo
31.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob deGrom
9.2%
Jesús Luzardo
5.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob deGrom
.291
Jesús Luzardo
.263
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
Jacob deGrom
2.274.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.48
3.52
Jesús Luzardo
2.274.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.30
2.85
WHIPlower is better
Jacob deGrom
.9001.43
now 1.01
1.09
Jesús Luzardo
.9001.43
now 1.31
1.21

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob deGrom
47.2086.80
now 78
60
Jesús Luzardo
47.2086.80
now 78
56
Winshigher is better
Jacob deGrom
1.204.80
now 4
24
Jesús Luzardo
1.204.80
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJacob deGrom — buy.conf 0.77
BuyJesús Luzardo — buy.conf 0.92
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