MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Keegan Akin
Keegan Akin
BAL · P
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Portrait of Kyle Finnegan
Kyle Finnegan
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Keegan Akin.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Kyle Finnegan’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Keegan Akin wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Kyle Finnegan wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Keegan Akin
93.7
Kyle Finnegan
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
9.5%
Kyle Finnegan
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
14.9%
Kyle Finnegan
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
28.0%
Kyle Finnegan
27.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Keegan Akin
28.4%
Kyle Finnegan
43.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Keegan Akin
5.7%
Kyle Finnegan
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Keegan Akin
.298
Kyle Finnegan
.324
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
Keegan Akin
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.88
3.70
Kyle Finnegan
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.93
3.75
WHIPlower is better
Keegan Akin
12.07
now 1.83
1.24
Kyle Finnegan
12.07
now 1.54
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Keegan Akin
4026.60
now 12
21
Kyle Finnegan
4026.60
now 16
13
Winshigher is better
Keegan Akin
.0001.48
now 0
00
Kyle Finnegan
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Keegan Akin
.0002.40
now 0
0
Kyle Finnegan
.0002.40
now 1
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKeegan Akin — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKyle Finnegan — hold.conf 0.50
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