MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Jakob Junis
Jakob Junis
TEX · P
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Portrait of Shawn Armstrong
Shawn Armstrong
CLE · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Shawn Armstrong.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Jakob Junis’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Shawn Armstrong wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Jakob Junis wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jakob Junis
92.3
Shawn Armstrong
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
8.8%
Shawn Armstrong
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
17.2%
Shawn Armstrong
22.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
30.1%
Shawn Armstrong
24.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
33.8%
Shawn Armstrong
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
3.2%
Shawn Armstrong
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jakob Junis
.311
Shawn Armstrong
.308
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
24.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.75
3.93
Shawn Armstrong
24.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jakob Junis
.9001.55
now 0.78
1.29
Shawn Armstrong
.9001.55
now 1.33
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jakob Junis
4025
now 16
4
Shawn Armstrong
4025
now 19
6
Winshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.0001.48
now 0
00
Shawn Armstrong
.0001.48
now 1
00
Saveshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.0004.40
now 3
01
Shawn Armstrong
.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 & seeShawn Armstrong — hold.conf 0.50
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