MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Jalen Beeks
Jalen Beeks
TEX · P
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Portrait of Shawn Armstrong
Shawn Armstrong
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Shawn Armstrong.

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

Shawn Armstrong 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
Shawn Armstrong
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
11.0%
Shawn Armstrong
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
18.6%
Shawn Armstrong
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jalen Beeks
28.4%
Shawn Armstrong
24.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
42.9%
Shawn Armstrong
36.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
10.7%
Shawn Armstrong
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jalen Beeks
.363
Shawn Armstrong
.304
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
3.384.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.76
Shawn Armstrong
3.384.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jalen Beeks
1.171.44
now 1.37
1.24
Shawn Armstrong
1.171.44
now 1.33
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
4028.60
now 18
16
Shawn Armstrong
4028.60
now 19
23
Winshigher is better
Jalen Beeks
.5202.48
now 2
12
Shawn Armstrong
.5202.48
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 & seeShawn Armstrong — hold.conf 0.50
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