MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Jake Irvin
WSH · P
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Portrait of Jameson Taillon
Jameson Taillon
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake Irvin.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA.

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

Jake Irvin wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Jameson Taillon wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jake Irvin
92.9
Jameson Taillon
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jake Irvin
11.8%
Jameson Taillon
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jake Irvin
25.4%
Jameson Taillon
21.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jake Irvin
25.0%
Jameson Taillon
31.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jake Irvin
45.8%
Jameson Taillon
39.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jake Irvin
12.0%
Jameson Taillon
14.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jake Irvin
.349
Jameson Taillon
.354
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 Irvin
4.625.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
4.84
Jameson Taillon
4.625.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.37
4.96
WHIPlower is better
Jake Irvin
1.211.42
now 1.35
1.33
Jameson Taillon
1.211.42
now 1.28
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jake Irvin
4063.60
now 58
50
Jameson Taillon
4063.60
now 51
45
Winshigher is better
Jake Irvin
.2003.80
now 2
13
Jameson Taillon
.2003.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJake Irvin — sell.conf 0.89
SellJameson Taillon — sell.conf 0.90
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