MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Jake Woodford
Jake Woodford
CHC · P
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Portrait of Kirby Yates
Kirby Yates
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kirby Yates.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Kirby Yates wins 2 categories (K, SV); Jake Woodford wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jake Woodford
93.4
Kirby Yates
90.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jake Woodford
9.3%
Kirby Yates
18.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jake Woodford
18.7%
Kirby Yates
31.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jake Woodford
27.8%
Kirby Yates
37.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jake Woodford
48.4%
Kirby Yates
49.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jake Woodford
8.6%
Kirby Yates
7.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jake Woodford
.367
Kirby Yates
.282
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 Woodford
2.707.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.20
3.71
Kirby Yates
2.707.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jake Woodford
1.011.86
now 1.67
1.24
Kirby Yates
1.011.86
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jake Woodford
4024.60
now 19
14
Kirby Yates
4024.60
now 10
17
Winshigher is better
Jake Woodford
.0001.48
now 1
01
Kirby Yates
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Jake Woodford
.0004.40
now 1
02
Kirby Yates
.0004.40
now 1
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJake Woodford — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
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