MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Jared Jones
PIT · P
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Portrait of Roki Sasaki
Roki Sasaki
LAD · 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. Roki Sasaki’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); Roki Sasaki 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
98.7
Roki Sasaki
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jared Jones
15.9%
Roki Sasaki
14.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jared Jones
23.3%
Roki Sasaki
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jared Jones
28.9%
Roki Sasaki
31.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jared Jones
41.0%
Roki Sasaki
45.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jared Jones
8.2%
Roki Sasaki
11.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jared Jones
.340
Roki Sasaki
.331
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
4.10
Roki Sasaki
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
4.39
WHIPlower is better
Jared Jones
.9902.39
now 2.08
1.30
Roki Sasaki
.9902.39
now 1.35
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jared Jones
40108.20
now 6
79
Roki Sasaki
40108.20
now 50
68
Winshigher is better
Jared Jones
.0008.40
now 0
00
Roki Sasaki
.0008.40
now 3
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJared Jones — hold.conf 0.55
SellRoki Sasaki — sell.conf 0.69
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