MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 4, 2026
Portrait of John King
John King
MIA · P
Change to
Portrait of Tejay Antone
Tejay Antone
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

John King wins 2 (ERA, W); Tejay Antone wins 2 (K, SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
John King
90.5
Tejay Antone
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
John King
11.2%
Tejay Antone
12.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
John King
20.8%
Tejay Antone
21.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
John King
34.6%
Tejay Antone
34.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
John King
36.6%
Tejay Antone
36.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
John King
8.9%
Tejay Antone
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
John King
.282
Tejay Antone
.289
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
26.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.52
3.68
Tejay Antone
26.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.19
3.70
WHIPlower is better
John King
.9001.45
now 0.72
1.24
Tejay Antone
.9001.45
now 1.15
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
John King
4028
now 20
18
Tejay Antone
4028
now 7
22
Winshigher is better
John King
.0002.80
now 1
12
Tejay Antone
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
John King
.0005.60
now 1
02
Tejay Antone
.0005.60
now 1
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJohn King — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.93
Sell HighTejay Antone — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.91
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