MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Jake Bird
Jake Bird
WSH · P
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Portrait of Jakob Junis
Jakob Junis
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake Bird.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jake Bird wins 2 categories (K, W); Jakob Junis wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jake Bird
93.9
Jakob Junis
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jake Bird
11.0%
Jakob Junis
8.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jake Bird
22.3%
Jakob Junis
18.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jake Bird
22.5%
Jakob Junis
29.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jake Bird
38.0%
Jakob Junis
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jake Bird
9.8%
Jakob Junis
3.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jake Bird
.340
Jakob Junis
.301
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
Jake Bird
26.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.00
3.70
Jakob Junis
26.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.75
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jake Bird
.9001.55
now 1.33
1.24
Jakob Junis
.9001.55
now 0.78
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jake Bird
4025.60
now 20
15
Jakob Junis
4025.60
now 16
11
Winshigher is better
Jake Bird
.0001.48
now 1
01
Jakob Junis
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Jake Bird
.0004.40
now 0
0
Jakob Junis
.0004.40
now 3
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If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJake Bird — hold.conf 0.55
Hold · wait & seeJakob Junis — hold.conf 0.50
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