MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Jared Jones
PIT · P
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Portrait of Sonny Gray
Sonny Gray
BOS · 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. Sonny Gray’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); Sonny Gray 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
98.4
Sonny Gray
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jared Jones
14.7%
Sonny Gray
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jared Jones
27.9%
Sonny Gray
21.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jared Jones
29.2%
Sonny Gray
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jared Jones
37.0%
Sonny Gray
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jared Jones
7.4%
Sonny Gray
7.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jared Jones
.271
Sonny Gray
.302
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
3.03
Sonny Gray
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.06
3.81
WHIPlower is better
Jared Jones
.9002.44
now 2.08
1.17
Sonny Gray
.9002.44
now 1.20
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jared Jones
4060.60
now 6
45
Sonny Gray
4060.60
now 41
37
Winshigher is better
Jared Jones
.0009.80
now 0
00
Sonny Gray
.0009.80
now 6
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJared Jones — buy.conf 0.92
Hold · leans buySonny Gray — hold.conf 0.60
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