MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Jakob Junis
Jakob Junis
TEX · P
Change to
Portrait of Nick Mears
Nick Mears
KC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nick Mears.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and wins. Jakob Junis’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Nick Mears wins 2 categories (K, W); Jakob Junis wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jakob Junis
92.3
Nick Mears
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
8.9%
Nick Mears
8.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
18.3%
Nick Mears
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
29.7%
Nick Mears
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
34.7%
Nick Mears
50.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
3.2%
Nick Mears
12.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jakob Junis
.302
Nick Mears
.382
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
26.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.75
3.71
Nick Mears
26.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.12
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jakob Junis
.9001.79
now 0.78
1.24
Nick Mears
.9001.79
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jakob Junis
4021.60
now 16
11
Nick Mears
4021.60
now 15
14
Winshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.0002.80
now 0
00
Nick Mears
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.0004.40
now 3
12
Nick Mears
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJakob Junis — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeNick Mears — hold.conf 0.50
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