MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Jalen Beeks
Jalen Beeks
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Portrait of Kirby Yates
Kirby Yates
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kirby Yates.

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

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
93.4
Kirby Yates
90.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
11.0%
Kirby Yates
19.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
18.6%
Kirby Yates
35.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
28.4%
Kirby Yates
37.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
42.9%
Kirby Yates
50.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
10.7%
Kirby Yates
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
.363
Kirby Yates
.271
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
3.454.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.76
Kirby Yates
3.454.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jalen Beeks
1.131.44
now 1.37
1.24
Kirby Yates
1.131.44
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
4028.60
now 18
20
Kirby Yates
4028.60
now 10
23
Winshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
.0004.20
now 2
13
Kirby Yates
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
.0005.60
now 0
0
Kirby Yates
.0005.60
now 1
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJalen Beeks — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
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