MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Jared Jones
PIT · P
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JR Ritchie
ATL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jared Jones.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. JR Ritchie’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Jared Jones wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); JR Ritchie wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jared Jones
98.6
JR Ritchie
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jared Jones
15.6%
JR Ritchie
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jared Jones
24.6%
JR Ritchie
21.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jared Jones
29.2%
JR Ritchie
26.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jared Jones
40.5%
JR Ritchie
39.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jared Jones
8.3%
JR Ritchie
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jared Jones
.325
JR Ritchie
.331
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
Jared Jones
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.38
4.10
JR Ritchie
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.56
4.13
WHIPlower is better
Jared Jones
.9902.39
now 2.08
1.30
JR Ritchie
.9902.39
now 1.44
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jared Jones
4090
now 6
66
JR Ritchie
4090
now 21
45
Winshigher is better
Jared Jones
.0004.20
now 0
00
JR Ritchie
.0004.20
now 1
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJared Jones — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJR Ritchie — hold.conf 0.50
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