MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Joe Ryan
Joe Ryan
MIN · P
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Portrait of Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP.

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

Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Joe Ryan wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Joe Ryan
93.5
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joe Ryan
13.1%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
13.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joe Ryan
27.1%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
24.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joe Ryan
32.3%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
33.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joe Ryan
42.6%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
34.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joe Ryan
11.1%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joe Ryan
.289
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.278
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
Joe Ryan
2.623.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.46
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
2.623.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.86
3.19
WHIPlower is better
Joe Ryan
.9001.19
now 0.97
1.12
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.9001.19
now 1.00
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joe Ryan
4091
now 79
51
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
4091
now 69
49
Winshigher is better
Joe Ryan
.8006.20
now 4
24
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.8006.20
now 5
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJoe Ryan — buy.conf 0.79
Sell HighYoshinobu Yamamoto — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.84
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