MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of John King
John King
MIA · P
Change to
Ty Madden
DET · 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); Ty Madden 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
Ty Madden
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
John King
11.3%
Ty Madden
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
John King
20.1%
Ty Madden
28.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
John King
34.4%
Ty Madden
30.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
John King
36.2%
Ty Madden
37.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
John King
8.6%
Ty Madden
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
John King
.283
Ty Madden
.272
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
Ty Madden
2.054.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.07
3.70
WHIPlower is better
John King
.9001.45
now 0.72
1.24
Ty Madden
.9001.45
now 0.95
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
John King
4037.80
now 20
14
Ty Madden
4037.80
now 16
31
Winshigher is better
John King
.0001.48
now 1
01
Ty Madden
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
John King
.0002.40
now 1
01
Ty Madden
.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 & seeTy Madden — hold.conf 0.50
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