MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 11, 2026
JR Ritchie
ATL · P
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Portrait of Zac Gallen
Zac Gallen
AZ · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Zac Gallen.

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

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

Zac Gallen wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); JR Ritchie wins 1 (ERA); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
JR Ritchie
94.5
Zac Gallen
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
JR Ritchie
9.8%
Zac Gallen
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
JR Ritchie
21.0%
Zac Gallen
13.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
JR Ritchie
26.5%
Zac Gallen
31.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
JR Ritchie
38.9%
Zac Gallen
44.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
JR Ritchie
7.9%
Zac Gallen
11.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
JR Ritchie
.337
Zac Gallen
.383
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
4.126.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.56
4.56
Zac Gallen
4.126.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.16
5.65
WHIPlower is better
JR Ritchie
1.361.57
now 1.44
1.50
Zac Gallen
1.361.57
now 1.47
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
JR Ritchie
4068.60
now 21
44
Zac Gallen
4068.60
now 42
55
Winshigher is better
JR Ritchie
.0005.20
now 1
13
Zac Gallen
.0005.20
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJR Ritchie — sell.conf 0.76
SellZac Gallen — sell.conf 0.90
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