MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Jose Franco
CIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Luke Weaver
Luke Weaver
NYM · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Jose Franco wins 1 (K); Luke Weaver wins 1 (ERA); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jose Franco
95.1
Luke Weaver
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jose Franco
9.7%
Luke Weaver
15.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jose Franco
16.5%
Luke Weaver
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jose Franco
24.1%
Luke Weaver
33.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jose Franco
34.6%
Luke Weaver
33.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jose Franco
11.5%
Luke Weaver
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jose Franco
.354
Luke Weaver
.264
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
Jose Franco
2.115.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.43
3.71
Luke Weaver
2.115.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.77
3.66
WHIPlower is better
Jose Franco
.9001.99
now 1.72
1.24
Luke Weaver
.9001.99
now 1.04
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jose Franco
4030.60
now 15
18
Luke Weaver
4030.60
now 25
17
Winshigher is better
Jose Franco
.5202.48
now 1
12
Luke Weaver
.5202.48
now 2
12

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJose Franco — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighLuke Weaver — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.93
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