MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Jake Bird
Jake Bird
WSH · P
Change to
Ty Madden
DET · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Jake Bird wins 1 (W); Ty Madden wins 1 (K); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jake Bird
93.9
Ty Madden
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jake Bird
11.0%
Ty Madden
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jake Bird
22.3%
Ty Madden
27.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jake Bird
22.5%
Ty Madden
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jake Bird
38.0%
Ty Madden
31.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jake Bird
9.8%
Ty Madden
5.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jake Bird
.341
Ty Madden
.270
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

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
2.305.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.00
3.70
Ty Madden
2.305.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.07
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jake Bird
.9001.48
now 1.33
1.24
Ty Madden
.9001.48
now 0.95
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jake Bird
4029.60
now 20
14
Ty Madden
4029.60
now 16
24
Winshigher is better
Jake Bird
.0001.48
now 1
01
Ty Madden
.0001.48
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJake Bird — hold.conf 0.55
Sell HighTy Madden — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
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