MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Jalen Beeks
Jalen Beeks
TEX · P
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Portrait of Matt Festa
Matt Festa
CLE · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jalen Beeks.

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

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

Jalen Beeks wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Matt Festa wins 1 (K); 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
Matt Festa
92.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
11.0%
Matt Festa
13.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
18.6%
Matt Festa
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
28.4%
Matt Festa
30.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
42.9%
Matt Festa
40.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
10.7%
Matt Festa
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
.363
Matt Festa
.303
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
3.395.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.76
Matt Festa
3.395.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.68
3.79
WHIPlower is better
Jalen Beeks
1.171.44
now 1.37
1.24
Matt Festa
1.171.44
now 1.24
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
4036.20
now 18
4
Matt Festa
4036.20
now 27
5
Winshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
.0002.80
now 2
01
Matt Festa
.0002.80
now 1
00

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 · leans buyMatt Festa — hold.conf 0.60
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