MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 24, 2026
Portrait of Jakob Junis
Jakob Junis
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Portrait of Tyler Alexander
Tyler Alexander
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tyler Alexander.

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 it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jakob Junis
92.2
Tyler Alexander
91.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
8.5%
Tyler Alexander
7.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
17.7%
Tyler Alexander
17.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
30.7%
Tyler Alexander
30.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
33.7%
Tyler Alexander
33.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
4.1%
Tyler Alexander
3.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jakob Junis
.305
Tyler Alexander
.285
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
24.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.75
3.71
Tyler Alexander
24.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.12
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Jakob Junis
.9001.62
now 0.78
1.24
Tyler Alexander
.9001.62
now 1.38
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jakob Junis
4032.60
now 16
22
Tyler Alexander
4032.60
now 21
27
Winshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.0002.80
now 0
00
Tyler Alexander
.0002.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.0006.60
now 3
35
Tyler Alexander
.0006.60
now 2
14
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 & seeTyler Alexander — hold.conf 0.50
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