MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Jalen Beeks
Jalen Beeks
TEX · P
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Portrait of Ryan Zeferjahn
Ryan Zeferjahn
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Zeferjahn.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ryan Zeferjahn wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Jalen Beeks wins 2 (WHIP, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
93.4
Ryan Zeferjahn
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
11.0%
Ryan Zeferjahn
13.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
18.6%
Ryan Zeferjahn
32.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
28.4%
Ryan Zeferjahn
23.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
42.9%
Ryan Zeferjahn
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
10.7%
Ryan Zeferjahn
6.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
.363
Ryan Zeferjahn
.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
2.026.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.76
Ryan Zeferjahn
2.026.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.74
3.08
WHIPlower is better
Jalen Beeks
1.171.46
now 1.37
1.24
Ryan Zeferjahn
1.171.46
now 1.39
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
4038.80
now 18
15
Ryan Zeferjahn
4038.80
now 32
22
Winshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
.5202.48
now 2
12
Ryan Zeferjahn
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
.0002.40
now 0
0
Ryan Zeferjahn
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJalen Beeks — hold.conf 0.50
BuyRyan Zeferjahn — buy.conf 0.91
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