MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Jacob deGrom
Jacob deGrom
TEX · P
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Portrait of Payton Tolle
Payton Tolle
BOS · 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); Payton Tolle wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jacob deGrom
97.3
Payton Tolle
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob deGrom
17.3%
Payton Tolle
14.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob deGrom
28.8%
Payton Tolle
26.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob deGrom
35.1%
Payton Tolle
35.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob deGrom
45.1%
Payton Tolle
35.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob deGrom
8.6%
Payton Tolle
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob deGrom
.294
Payton Tolle
.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
Jacob deGrom
2.223.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.48
3.58
Payton Tolle
2.223.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.61
2.97
WHIPlower is better
Jacob deGrom
.9001.33
now 1.01
1.15
Payton Tolle
.9001.33
now 0.90
1.21

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob deGrom
4092
now 78
49
Payton Tolle
4092
now 46
43
Winshigher is better
Jacob deGrom
.0005.20
now 4
23
Payton Tolle
.0005.20
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJacob deGrom — buy.conf 0.76
BuyPayton Tolle — buy.conf 0.92
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