MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Jameson Taillon
Jameson Taillon
TOR · P
Change to
Rhett Lowder
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Jameson Taillon wins 2 (K, WHIP); Rhett Lowder wins 2 (ERA, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
91.8
Rhett Lowder
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
11.9%
Rhett Lowder
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
20.9%
Rhett Lowder
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
30.7%
Rhett Lowder
26.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
38.9%
Rhett Lowder
39.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
15.7%
Rhett Lowder
9.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
.366
Rhett Lowder
.350
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
4.645.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.37
5.24
Rhett Lowder
4.645.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
4.86
WHIPlower is better
Jameson Taillon
1.211.52
now 1.28
1.31
Rhett Lowder
1.211.52
now 1.45
1.44

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jameson Taillon
4060.20
now 51
36
Rhett Lowder
4060.20
now 31
28
Winshigher is better
Jameson Taillon
.0005.20
now 2
12
Rhett Lowder
.0005.20
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJameson Taillon — sell.conf 0.90
SellRhett Lowder — sell.conf 0.90
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