MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 2, 2026
Portrait of Jameson Taillon
Jameson Taillon
CHC · P
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Portrait of Kumar Rocker
Kumar Rocker
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jameson Taillon.

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

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

Jameson Taillon wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Kumar Rocker wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
91.8
Kumar Rocker
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
12.3%
Kumar Rocker
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
20.6%
Kumar Rocker
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
31.0%
Kumar Rocker
31.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
38.4%
Kumar Rocker
42.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
14.3%
Kumar Rocker
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
.357
Kumar Rocker
.329
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
Jameson Taillon
2.816.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.37
4.98
Kumar Rocker
2.816.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
4.37
WHIPlower is better
Jameson Taillon
1.211.44
now 1.28
1.31
Kumar Rocker
1.211.44
now 1.32
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jameson Taillon
4067.80
now 51
61
Kumar Rocker
4067.80
now 44
54
Winshigher is better
Jameson Taillon
1.523.48
now 2
23
Kumar Rocker
1.523.48
now 2
23

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJameson Taillon — sell.conf 0.90
SellKumar Rocker — sell.conf 0.68
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