MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of John King
John King
MIA · P
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Portrait of Shawn Armstrong
Shawn Armstrong
CLE · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 3 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

John King wins 1 (SV); Shawn Armstrong wins 1 (K); 3 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
John King
90.5
Shawn Armstrong
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
John King
10.7%
Shawn Armstrong
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
John King
19.8%
Shawn Armstrong
22.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
John King
33.9%
Shawn Armstrong
24.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
John King
37.7%
Shawn Armstrong
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
John King
7.9%
Shawn Armstrong
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
John King
.288
Shawn Armstrong
.309
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
2.054.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.52
3.69
Shawn Armstrong
2.054.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
John King
.9001.57
now 0.72
1.24
Shawn Armstrong
.9001.57
now 1.33
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
John King
4025.60
now 20
12
Shawn Armstrong
4025.60
now 19
19
Winshigher is better
John King
.0001.48
now 1
01
Shawn Armstrong
.0001.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
John King
.0002.40
now 1
01
Shawn Armstrong
.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 0.92
Hold · wait & seeShawn Armstrong — hold.conf 0.50
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