MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Jared Jones
PIT · P
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Portrait of Paul Skenes
Paul Skenes
PIT · 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 — WHIP. Paul Skenes’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 1 categories (WHIP); Paul Skenes wins 0 (none); 3 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jared Jones
98.2
Paul Skenes
96.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jared Jones
16.1%
Paul Skenes
14.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jared Jones
29.4%
Paul Skenes
28.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jared Jones
32.6%
Paul Skenes
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jared Jones
38.2%
Paul Skenes
38.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jared Jones
7.6%
Paul Skenes
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jared Jones
.281
Paul Skenes
.281
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
Jared Jones
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.38
3.29
Paul Skenes
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.89
3.29
WHIPlower is better
Jared Jones
.9002.55
now 2.08
1.18
Paul Skenes
.9002.55
now 0.86
1.19

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jared Jones
40105
now 6
0
Paul Skenes
40105
now 75
0
Winshigher is better
Jared Jones
.0008.40
now 0
0–0
Paul Skenes
.0008.40
now 6
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJared Jones — buy.conf 0.84
BuyPaul Skenes — buy.conf 0.84
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