MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Jacob Waguespack
DET · P
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Portrait of Tanner Gordon
Tanner Gordon
COL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob Waguespack.

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

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

Jacob Waguespack wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Tanner Gordon wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jacob Waguespack
92.9
Tanner Gordon
92.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob Waguespack
11.0%
Tanner Gordon
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob Waguespack
15.9%
Tanner Gordon
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob Waguespack
27.0%
Tanner Gordon
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob Waguespack
29.5%
Tanner Gordon
42.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob Waguespack
4.8%
Tanner Gordon
10.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob Waguespack
.284
Tanner Gordon
.323
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 Waguespack
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Tanner Gordon
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.37
4.17
WHIPlower is better
Jacob Waguespack
.9402.30
now 2.00
1.24
Tanner Gordon
.9402.30
now 1.56
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob Waguespack
4048.60
now 1
4
Tanner Gordon
4048.60
now 35
9
Winshigher is better
Jacob Waguespack
.000.480
now 0
00
Tanner Gordon
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJacob Waguespack — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.71
Hold · leans sellTanner Gordon — hold.conf 0.60
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