MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Jason Adam
Jason Adam
SD · P
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Portrait of Mason Montgomery
Mason Montgomery
PIT · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mason Montgomery.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Jason Adam’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Mason Montgomery wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Jason Adam wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jason Adam
93.4
Mason Montgomery
98.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jason Adam
15.3%
Mason Montgomery
15.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jason Adam
16.4%
Mason Montgomery
37.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jason Adam
35.6%
Mason Montgomery
31.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jason Adam
36.3%
Mason Montgomery
41.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jason Adam
6.9%
Mason Montgomery
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jason Adam
.288
Mason Montgomery
.262
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
Jason Adam
25.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.90
3.70
Mason Montgomery
25.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.91
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Jason Adam
.9001.36
now 1.00
1.24
Mason Montgomery
.9001.36
now 1.26
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jason Adam
4037.60
now 11
11
Mason Montgomery
4037.60
now 30
17
Winshigher is better
Jason Adam
.0002.80
now 2
12
Mason Montgomery
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Jason Adam
.0002.40
now 1
01
Mason Montgomery
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJason Adam — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.92
Hold · wait & seeMason Montgomery — hold.conf 0.50
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