MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Misiorowski
Jacob Misiorowski
MIL · P
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Portrait of Paul Skenes
Paul Skenes
PIT · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob Misiorowski.

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

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

Jacob Misiorowski wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Paul Skenes wins 0 (none); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jacob Misiorowski
100.5
Paul Skenes
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob Misiorowski
18.9%
Paul Skenes
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob Misiorowski
39.6%
Paul Skenes
29.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob Misiorowski
33.8%
Paul Skenes
33.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob Misiorowski
34.1%
Paul Skenes
37.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob Misiorowski
3.2%
Paul Skenes
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob Misiorowski
.224
Paul Skenes
.258
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 Misiorowski
23.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.65
2.05
Paul Skenes
23.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.89
2.71
WHIPlower is better
Jacob Misiorowski
.9001.22
now 0.79
0.94
Paul Skenes
.9001.22
now 0.86
1.10

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob Misiorowski
50.60124.40
now 108
88
Paul Skenes
50.60124.40
now 75
67
Winshigher is better
Jacob Misiorowski
1.408.60
now 6
37
Paul Skenes
1.408.60
now 6
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJacob Misiorowski — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.82
BuyPaul Skenes — buy.conf 0.92
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