MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Jameson Taillon
Jameson Taillon
CHC · P
Change to
Shane Bieber
TOR · 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, W); Shane Bieber wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
91.8
Shane Bieber
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
12.3%
Shane Bieber
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
20.6%
Shane Bieber
17.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
31.0%
Shane Bieber
30.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
38.4%
Shane Bieber
53.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
14.3%
Shane Bieber
11.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
.357
Shane Bieber
.427
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
3.346.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.37
5.02
Shane Bieber
3.346.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Jameson Taillon
.9902.29
now 1.28
1.31
Shane Bieber
.9902.29
now 2.00
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jameson Taillon
4069
now 51
47
Shane Bieber
4069
now 6
38
Winshigher is better
Jameson Taillon
.0004.20
now 2
13
Shane Bieber
.0004.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJameson Taillon — sell.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeShane Bieber — hold.conf 0.50
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