MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Jeffrey Springs
Jeffrey Springs
ATH · P
Change to
Yusei Kikuchi
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Jeffrey Springs wins 2 (K, W); Yusei Kikuchi wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jeffrey Springs
91.4
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jeffrey Springs
11.0%
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jeffrey Springs
19.1%
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jeffrey Springs
30.5%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jeffrey Springs
35.8%
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jeffrey Springs
9.9%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jeffrey Springs
.335
Yusei Kikuchi
.340
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
Jeffrey Springs
3.376.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.07
4.54
Yusei Kikuchi
3.376.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Jeffrey Springs
1.031.74
now 1.19
1.35
Yusei Kikuchi
1.031.74
now 1.58
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jeffrey Springs
4066.60
now 57
50
Yusei Kikuchi
4066.60
now 33
48
Winshigher is better
Jeffrey Springs
.0004.20
now 3
23
Yusei Kikuchi
.0004.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJeffrey Springs — sell.conf 0.75
Hold · wait & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55
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