MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Jalen Beeks
Jalen Beeks
TEX · P
Change to
Ryan Gusto
MIA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Gusto.

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

Ryan Gusto 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
Ryan Gusto
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
11.0%
Ryan Gusto
10.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
18.6%
Ryan Gusto
19.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
28.4%
Ryan Gusto
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
42.9%
Ryan Gusto
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
10.7%
Ryan Gusto
7.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
.363
Ryan Gusto
.331
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.76
Ryan Gusto
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jalen Beeks
1.071.84
now 1.37
1.24
Ryan Gusto
1.071.84
now 1.67
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
4029.20
now 18
13
Ryan Gusto
4029.20
now 4
22
Winshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
.0002.80
now 2
12
Ryan Gusto
.0002.80
now 0
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 · wait & seeRyan Gusto — hold.conf 0.55
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