MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
JP Sears
SD · P
Change to
Portrait of Sonny Gray
Sonny Gray
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sonny Gray.

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

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

Sonny Gray wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); JP Sears wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
JP Sears
93.0
Sonny Gray
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
JP Sears
9.7%
Sonny Gray
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
JP Sears
19.8%
Sonny Gray
21.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
JP Sears
26.1%
Sonny Gray
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
JP Sears
45.8%
Sonny Gray
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
JP Sears
8.4%
Sonny Gray
7.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
JP Sears
.320
Sonny Gray
.302
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
JP Sears
2.644.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.18
4.10
Sonny Gray
2.644.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.06
3.81
WHIPlower is better
JP Sears
1.131.37
now 1.24
1.30
Sonny Gray
1.131.37
now 1.20
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
JP Sears
4055.40
now 5
35
Sonny Gray
4055.40
now 41
39
Winshigher is better
JP Sears
.00013.60
now 1
510
Sonny Gray
.00013.60
now 6
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJP Sears — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.73
Hold · leans buySonny Gray — hold.conf 0.60
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