MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of John King
John King
MIA · P
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Portrait of Peyton Gray
Peyton Gray
TEX · 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 and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

John King wins 2 categories (ERA, SV); Peyton Gray wins 1 (K); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
John King
90.5
Peyton Gray
92.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
John King
11.3%
Peyton Gray
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
John King
20.1%
Peyton Gray
25.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
John King
34.4%
Peyton Gray
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
John King
36.2%
Peyton Gray
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
John King
8.6%
Peyton Gray
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
John King
.283
Peyton Gray
.280
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
2.054.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.52
3.68
Peyton Gray
2.054.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.57
3.70
WHIPlower is better
John King
.9001.53
now 0.72
1.24
Peyton Gray
.9001.53
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
John King
4027.60
now 20
14
Peyton Gray
4027.60
now 18
22
Winshigher is better
John King
.0002.80
now 1
01
Peyton Gray
.0002.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
John King
.0002.40
now 1
01
Peyton Gray
.0002.40
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 0.88
Hold · wait & seePeyton Gray — hold.conf 0.50
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