MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Jakob Junis
Jakob Junis
TEX · P
Change to
Portrait of Sam Bachman
Sam Bachman
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sam Bachman.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, 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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jakob Junis
92.3
Sam Bachman
98.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
9.3%
Sam Bachman
15.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
19.4%
Sam Bachman
24.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
30.4%
Sam Bachman
33.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
33.6%
Sam Bachman
31.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
3.4%
Sam Bachman
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jakob Junis
.296
Sam Bachman
.288
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
Jakob Junis
24.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.75
3.70
Sam Bachman
24.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.22
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Jakob Junis
.9001.45
now 0.78
1.24
Sam Bachman
.9001.45
now 1.09
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jakob Junis
4035.80
now 16
12
Sam Bachman
4035.80
now 29
19
Winshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.0001.48
now 0
00
Sam Bachman
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.0004.40
now 3
23
Sam Bachman
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJakob Junis — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSam Bachman — hold.conf 0.50
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