MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of John King
John King
MIA · P
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Portrait of Will Dion
Will Dion
CLE · P
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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); Will Dion 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
Will Dion
91.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
John King
11.3%
Will Dion
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
John King
20.1%
Will Dion
27.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
John King
34.4%
Will Dion
34.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
John King
36.2%
Will Dion
29.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
John King
8.6%
Will Dion
0.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
John King
.283
Will Dion
.295
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
27.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.52
3.68
Will Dion
27.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
John King
.9002.27
now 0.72
1.24
Will Dion
.9002.27
now 1.83
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
John King
4037.40
now 20
13
Will Dion
4037.40
now 8
29
Winshigher is better
John King
.0001.48
now 1
01
Will Dion
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
John King
.0002.40
now 1
01
Will Dion
.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
Buy LowWill Dion — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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