MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of José Fermin
José Fermin
LAA · P
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Portrait of Taylor Rogers
Taylor Rogers
MIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

José Fermin.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and wins. Taylor Rogers’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

José Fermin wins 2 categories (K, W); Taylor Rogers wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
José Fermin
96.3
Taylor Rogers
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
José Fermin
14.9%
Taylor Rogers
7.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
José Fermin
25.2%
Taylor Rogers
19.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
José Fermin
32.8%
Taylor Rogers
27.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
José Fermin
45.1%
Taylor Rogers
29.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
José Fermin
7.0%
Taylor Rogers
6.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
José Fermin
.316
Taylor Rogers
.324
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
José Fermin
3.026.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
Taylor Rogers
3.026.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.15
3.71
WHIPlower is better
José Fermin
1.071.84
now 1.67
1.24
Taylor Rogers
1.071.84
now 1.57
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
José Fermin
4027.60
now 18
22
Taylor Rogers
4027.60
now 17
19
Winshigher is better
José Fermin
.0005.20
now 2
14
Taylor Rogers
.0005.20
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
José Fermin
.0004.40
now 0
0
Taylor Rogers
.0004.40
now 2
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJosé Fermin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.93
Hold · wait & seeTaylor Rogers — hold.conf 0.55
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