MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Jakob Junis
Jakob Junis
TEX · P
Change to
Jimmy Herget
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 3 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jakob Junis wins 1 (SV); Jimmy Herget wins 1 (K); 3 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jakob Junis
92.3
Jimmy Herget
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
8.9%
Jimmy Herget
12.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
18.3%
Jimmy Herget
21.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
29.7%
Jimmy Herget
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
34.7%
Jimmy Herget
39.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
3.2%
Jimmy Herget
11.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jakob Junis
.302
Jimmy Herget
.334
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
Jakob Junis
26.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.75
3.71
Jimmy Herget
26.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jakob Junis
.9001.62
now 0.78
1.24
Jimmy Herget
.9001.62
now 1.38
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jakob Junis
4023.60
now 16
12
Jimmy Herget
4023.60
now 17
18
Winshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.000.480
now 0
00
Jimmy Herget
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.0004.40
now 3
13
Jimmy Herget
.0004.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJakob Junis — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJimmy Herget — hold.conf 0.55
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