MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Jakob Junis
Jakob Junis
TEX · P
Change to
Portrait of Shawn Armstrong
Shawn Armstrong
CLE · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jakob Junis wins 2 (ERA, SV); Shawn Armstrong wins 2 (K, W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jakob Junis
92.1
Shawn Armstrong
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
9.1%
Shawn Armstrong
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
18.6%
Shawn Armstrong
27.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
33.0%
Shawn Armstrong
26.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
31.0%
Shawn Armstrong
41.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
3.6%
Shawn Armstrong
8.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jakob Junis
.289
Shawn Armstrong
.307
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
3.68
Shawn Armstrong
24.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jakob Junis
.9001.55
now 0.78
1.24
Shawn Armstrong
.9001.55
now 1.33
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jakob Junis
4039.80
now 16
23
Shawn Armstrong
4039.80
now 19
33
Winshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.0004.20
now 0
00
Shawn Armstrong
.0004.20
now 1
13
Saveshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.0007
now 3
35
Shawn Armstrong
.0007
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
Sell HighShawn Armstrong — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.82
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