MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Jakob Junis
Jakob Junis
TEX · P
Change to
Matt Svanson
STL · P
Change to
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 Svanson wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jakob Junis
92.2
Matt Svanson
97.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
9.0%
Matt Svanson
9.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
19.2%
Matt Svanson
21.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
29.8%
Matt Svanson
24.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
33.9%
Matt Svanson
45.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
3.7%
Matt Svanson
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jakob Junis
.301
Matt Svanson
.357
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.75
3.70
Matt Svanson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.77
3.79
WHIPlower is better
Jakob Junis
.9002.42
now 0.78
1.24
Matt Svanson
.9002.42
now 1.95
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jakob Junis
4031.60
now 16
14
Matt Svanson
4031.60
now 26
23
Winshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.0001.48
now 0
00
Matt Svanson
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.0004.40
now 3
23
Matt Svanson
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJakob Junis — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeMatt Svanson — hold.conf 0.55
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