MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 26, 2026
Portrait of Jalen Beeks
Jalen Beeks
TEX · P
Change to
Jordan Hicks
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jordan Hicks.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jordan Hicks wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Jalen Beeks wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
93.4
Jordan Hicks
97.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
11.0%
Jordan Hicks
6.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
18.6%
Jordan Hicks
17.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
28.4%
Jordan Hicks
20.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
42.9%
Jordan Hicks
34.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
10.7%
Jordan Hicks
1.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
.363
Jordan Hicks
.329
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
Jalen Beeks
2.946.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.76
Jordan Hicks
2.946.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jalen Beeks
.9002.43
now 1.37
1.24
Jordan Hicks
.9002.43
now 2.09
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
4032.60
now 18
24
Jordan Hicks
4032.60
now 15
27
Winshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
.0005.60
now 2
14
Jordan Hicks
.0005.60
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
.0004.40
now 0
0
Jordan Hicks
.0004.40
now 1
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJalen Beeks — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJordan Hicks — hold.conf 0.55
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