MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 25, 2026
Portrait of John King
John King
MIA · P
Change to
Matt Svanson
STL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

John King.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

John King wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Matt Svanson wins 1 (K); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
John King
90.5
Matt Svanson
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
John King
10.7%
Matt Svanson
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
John King
20.6%
Matt Svanson
21.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
John King
33.2%
Matt Svanson
24.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
John King
34.1%
Matt Svanson
48.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
John King
8.0%
Matt Svanson
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
John King
.279
Matt Svanson
.371
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
John King
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.52
3.68
Matt Svanson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.77
3.81
WHIPlower is better
John King
.9002.44
now 0.72
1.24
Matt Svanson
.9002.44
now 1.95
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
John King
4041
now 20
20
Matt Svanson
4041
now 26
35
Winshigher is better
John King
.5202.48
now 1
12
Matt Svanson
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
John King
.0003.40
now 1
02
Matt Svanson
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJohn King — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeMatt Svanson — hold.conf 0.55
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