MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Jake Bird
Jake Bird
NYY · P
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Portrait of Tejay Antone
Tejay Antone
CIN · 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.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jake Bird wins 2 categories (K, W); Tejay Antone 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
94.0
Tejay Antone
95.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jake Bird
12.5%
Tejay Antone
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jake Bird
25.5%
Tejay Antone
21.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jake Bird
23.5%
Tejay Antone
34.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jake Bird
41.3%
Tejay Antone
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jake Bird
11.1%
Tejay Antone
5.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jake Bird
.341
Tejay Antone
.295
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
3.105.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.00
3.70
Tejay Antone
3.105.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.19
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jake Bird
1.081.40
now 1.33
1.24
Tejay Antone
1.081.40
now 1.15
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jake Bird
4037.80
now 20
29
Tejay Antone
4037.80
now 7
28
Winshigher is better
Jake Bird
.0002.80
now 1
12
Tejay Antone
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Jake Bird
.0007
now 0
0
Tejay Antone
.0007
now 1
15
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJake Bird — hold.conf 0.55
Sell HighTejay Antone — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.73
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