MLB Daily DeltaWeek 28 · October 5, 2026
JR Ritchie
ATL · P
Change to
Shane Bieber
TOR · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
◀
ERA
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

JR Ritchie wins 1 (ERA); Shane Bieber wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
JR Ritchie
94.7
Shane Bieber
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
JR Ritchie
9.6%
Shane Bieber
10.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
JR Ritchie
20.9%
Shane Bieber
18.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
JR Ritchie
26.0%
Shane Bieber
29.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
JR Ritchie
41.6%
Shane Bieber
46.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
JR Ritchie
9.6%
Shane Bieber
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
JR Ritchie
.345
Shane Bieber
.368
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
JR Ritchie
3.986.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.56
4.79
Shane Bieber
3.986.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
5.33
WHIPlower is better
JR Ritchie
1.172.24
now 1.44
1.47
Shane Bieber
1.172.24
now 2.00
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
JR Ritchie
4029.40
now 21
0
Shane Bieber
4029.40
now 6
0
Winshigher is better
JR Ritchie
.0001.48
now 1
0–0
Shane Bieber
.0001.48
now 0
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJR Ritchie — sell.conf 0.87
Sell HighShane Bieber — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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