MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 29, 2026
Portrait of John King
John King
MIA · P
Change to
Ryan Gusto
MIA · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

John King wins 3 categories (ERA, W, SV); Ryan Gusto 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
Ryan Gusto
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
John King
10.7%
Ryan Gusto
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
John King
20.9%
Ryan Gusto
20.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
John King
33.7%
Ryan Gusto
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
John King
36.2%
Ryan Gusto
47.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
John King
8.5%
Ryan Gusto
10.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
John King
.277
Ryan Gusto
.348
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
3.67
Ryan Gusto
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
John King
.9002.05
now 0.72
1.24
Ryan Gusto
.9002.05
now 1.67
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
John King
4048.80
now 20
19
Ryan Gusto
4048.80
now 4
36
Winshigher is better
John King
.0002.80
now 1
12
Ryan Gusto
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
John King
.0003.40
now 1
02
Ryan Gusto
.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 & seeRyan Gusto — hold.conf 0.50
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