MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Jalen Beeks
Jalen Beeks
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Portrait of Mason Montgomery
Mason Montgomery
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mason Montgomery.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Mason Montgomery wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Jalen Beeks wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
93.4
Mason Montgomery
98.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
11.0%
Mason Montgomery
15.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
18.6%
Mason Montgomery
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
28.4%
Mason Montgomery
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
42.9%
Mason Montgomery
39.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
10.7%
Mason Montgomery
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
.363
Mason Montgomery
.273
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
3.464.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.76
Mason Montgomery
3.464.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.91
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Jalen Beeks
1.171.44
now 1.37
1.24
Mason Montgomery
1.171.44
now 1.26
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
4035.60
now 18
16
Mason Montgomery
4035.60
now 30
24
Winshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
.0002.80
now 2
12
Mason Montgomery
.0002.80
now 1
01

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJalen Beeks — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMason Montgomery — hold.conf 0.50
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