MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Jakob Junis
Jakob Junis
TEX · P
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Portrait of Matt Festa
Matt Festa
CLE · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jakob Junis.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jakob Junis wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Matt Festa wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jakob Junis
92.3
Matt Festa
92.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
8.9%
Matt Festa
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
18.3%
Matt Festa
24.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
29.7%
Matt Festa
29.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
34.7%
Matt Festa
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
3.2%
Matt Festa
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jakob Junis
.301
Matt Festa
.313
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
25.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.75
3.70
Matt Festa
25.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.68
3.96
WHIPlower is better
Jakob Junis
.9001.47
now 0.78
1.24
Matt Festa
.9001.47
now 1.24
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jakob Junis
4033.80
now 16
10
Matt Festa
4033.80
now 27
16
Winshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.0001.48
now 0
00
Matt Festa
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.0004.40
now 3
12
Matt Festa
.0004.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJakob Junis — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · steadyMatt Festa — hold.conf 0.60
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