MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Jake Bird
Jake Bird
NYY · P
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Portrait of Yoendrys Gómez
Yoendrys Gómez
MIN · 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 — ERA, WHIP, and wins. Yoendrys Gómez’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jake Bird wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Yoendrys Gómez wins 2 (K, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jake Bird
94.0
Yoendrys Gómez
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jake Bird
11.2%
Yoendrys Gómez
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jake Bird
22.7%
Yoendrys Gómez
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jake Bird
23.3%
Yoendrys Gómez
28.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jake Bird
37.5%
Yoendrys Gómez
45.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jake Bird
10.2%
Yoendrys Gómez
10.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jake Bird
.333
Yoendrys Gómez
.344
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
3.185.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.00
3.70
Yoendrys Gómez
3.185.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.08
3.80
WHIPlower is better
Jake Bird
1.171.43
now 1.33
1.24
Yoendrys Gómez
1.171.43
now 1.36
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jake Bird
4032.60
now 20
20
Yoendrys Gómez
4032.60
now 27
23
Winshigher is better
Jake Bird
.0002.80
now 1
12
Yoendrys Gómez
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Jake Bird
.0004.40
now 0
0
Yoendrys Gómez
.0004.40
now 3
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJake Bird — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighYoendrys Gómez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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