MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of John King
John King
MIA · P
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Portrait of Nate Pearson
Nate Pearson
KC · 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 — strikeouts and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

John King wins 2 categories (K, W); Nate Pearson wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
John King
90.5
Nate Pearson
97.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
John King
10.8%
Nate Pearson
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
John King
19.5%
Nate Pearson
17.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
John King
34.0%
Nate Pearson
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
John King
37.1%
Nate Pearson
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
John King
7.8%
Nate Pearson
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
John King
.289
Nate Pearson
.331
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
John King
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.52
3.69
Nate Pearson
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
John King
.9001.45
now 0.72
1.24
Nate Pearson
.9001.45
now 1.09
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
John King
4027.20
now 20
11
Nate Pearson
4027.20
now 2
8
Winshigher is better
John King
.0001.48
now 1
01
Nate Pearson
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
John King
.0008.40
now 1
01
Nate Pearson
.0008.40
now 1
16
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJohn King — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighNate Pearson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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