MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Jalen Beeks
Jalen Beeks
TEX · P
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Matt Strahm
KC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Strahm.

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

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

Matt Strahm 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
Matt Strahm
91.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
11.0%
Matt Strahm
11.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
18.6%
Matt Strahm
17.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
28.4%
Matt Strahm
30.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
42.9%
Matt Strahm
39.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
10.7%
Matt Strahm
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
.363
Matt Strahm
.307
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
3.484.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.76
Matt Strahm
3.484.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jalen Beeks
1.171.44
now 1.37
1.24
Matt Strahm
1.171.44
now 1.29
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
4030.60
now 18
17
Matt Strahm
4030.60
now 17
25
Winshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
.2003.80
now 2
13
Matt Strahm
.2003.80
now 1
12

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 & seeMatt Strahm — hold.conf 0.50
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