MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 5, 2026
Jordan Hicks
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Steven Okert
Steven Okert
HOU · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Steven Okert.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Steven Okert wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Jordan Hicks wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jordan Hicks
99.0
Steven Okert
91.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jordan Hicks
7.5%
Steven Okert
14.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jordan Hicks
22.1%
Steven Okert
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jordan Hicks
22.6%
Steven Okert
29.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jordan Hicks
33.9%
Steven Okert
28.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jordan Hicks
1.6%
Steven Okert
4.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jordan Hicks
.311
Steven Okert
.263
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
Jordan Hicks
2.606.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.60
3.70
Steven Okert
2.606.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.46
3.65
WHIPlower is better
Jordan Hicks
.9002.54
now 2.09
1.24
Steven Okert
.9002.54
now 0.96
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jordan Hicks
4028.60
now 15
20
Steven Okert
4028.60
now 22
23
Winshigher is better
Jordan Hicks
.000.480
now 0
00
Steven Okert
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Jordan Hicks
.0003.40
now 1
12
Steven Okert
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJordan Hicks — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.75
Hold · wait & seeSteven Okert — hold.conf 0.50
Tweet