MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 29, 2026
Portrait of Jameson Taillon
Jameson Taillon
TOR · P
Change to
Patrick Sandoval
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
▶
◀
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Jameson Taillon wins 1 (WHIP); Patrick Sandoval wins 1 (ERA); 2 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
Patrick Sandoval
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
12.3%
Patrick Sandoval
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
20.5%
Patrick Sandoval
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
30.1%
Patrick Sandoval
28.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
39.6%
Patrick Sandoval
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
14.6%
Patrick Sandoval
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
.367
Patrick Sandoval
.336
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

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
26.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.37
5.31
Patrick Sandoval
26.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.08
4.59
WHIPlower is better
Jameson Taillon
1.211.51
now 1.28
1.32
Patrick Sandoval
1.211.51
now 1.38
1.44

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jameson Taillon
4071.40
now 51
0
Patrick Sandoval
4071.40
now 5
0
Winshigher is better
Jameson Taillon
.0002.80
now 2
0–0
Patrick Sandoval
.0002.80
now 0
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJameson Taillon — sell.conf 0.90
SellPatrick Sandoval — sell.conf 0.78
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