MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 23, 2026
Portrait of John King
John King
MIA · P
Change to
Portrait of Taylor Clarke
Taylor Clarke
AZ · 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, ERA, and saves. Taylor Clarke’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

John King wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Taylor Clarke wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
John King
90.5
Taylor Clarke
94.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
John King
10.7%
Taylor Clarke
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
John King
20.6%
Taylor Clarke
14.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
John King
33.2%
Taylor Clarke
28.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
John King
34.1%
Taylor Clarke
31.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
John King
8.0%
Taylor Clarke
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
John King
.279
Taylor Clarke
.310
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
24.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.52
3.68
Taylor Clarke
24.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.80
3.71
WHIPlower is better
John King
.9001.46
now 0.72
1.24
Taylor Clarke
.9001.46
now 0.68
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
John King
4026.60
now 20
21
Taylor Clarke
4026.60
now 12
19
Winshigher is better
John King
.0005.20
now 1
12
Taylor Clarke
.0005.20
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
John King
.0003.40
now 1
02
Taylor Clarke
.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
Sell HighTaylor Clarke — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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