MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Juan Mejia
Juan Mejia
COL · P
Change to
Mason Barnett
ATH · 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

Juan Mejia wins 1 (ERA); Mason Barnett 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
Juan Mejia
96.9
Mason Barnett
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Juan Mejia
11.1%
Mason Barnett
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Juan Mejia
20.4%
Mason Barnett
21.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Juan Mejia
30.2%
Mason Barnett
26.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Juan Mejia
38.8%
Mason Barnett
40.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Juan Mejia
3.7%
Mason Barnett
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Juan Mejia
.332
Mason Barnett
.343
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
Juan Mejia
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
4.36
Mason Barnett
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
4.60
WHIPlower is better
Juan Mejia
1.361.80
now 1.70
1.50
Mason Barnett
1.361.80
now 1.50
1.46

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Juan Mejia
4042
now 30
0
Mason Barnett
4042
now 1
0
Winshigher is better
Juan Mejia
.0001.48
now 1
0–0
Mason Barnett
.0001.48
now 0
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellJuan Mejia — hold.conf 0.60
SellMason Barnett — sell.conf 0.84
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