MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Jose Franco
CIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Will Dion
Will Dion
CLE · 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 (W); Will Dion wins 1 (K); 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
Will Dion
91.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jose Franco
9.7%
Will Dion
14.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jose Franco
16.5%
Will Dion
30.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jose Franco
24.1%
Will Dion
36.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jose Franco
34.6%
Will Dion
32.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jose Franco
11.5%
Will Dion
2.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jose Franco
.354
Will Dion
.294
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
Jose Franco
2.786.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.43
3.71
Will Dion
2.786.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jose Franco
12.07
now 1.72
1.24
Will Dion
12.07
now 1.83
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jose Franco
4033.20
now 15
18
Will Dion
4033.20
now 8
26
Winshigher is better
Jose Franco
.0002.80
now 1
12
Will Dion
.0002.80
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJose Franco — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowWill Dion — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.89
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