MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Keegan Akin
Keegan Akin
BAL · P
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Portrait of Mitch Farris
Mitch Farris
LAA · 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 — ERA and WHIP. Mitch Farris’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Keegan Akin wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Mitch Farris wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Keegan Akin
93.7
Mitch Farris
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
9.5%
Mitch Farris
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
14.9%
Mitch Farris
23.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
28.0%
Mitch Farris
29.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Keegan Akin
28.4%
Mitch Farris
47.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Keegan Akin
5.7%
Mitch Farris
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Keegan Akin
.298
Mitch Farris
.352
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
Mitch Farris
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.75
WHIPlower is better
Keegan Akin
12.07
now 1.83
1.24
Mitch Farris
12.07
now 1.52
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Keegan Akin
4027.60
now 12
19
Mitch Farris
4027.60
now 22
22
Winshigher is better
Keegan Akin
.000.480
now 0
00
Mitch Farris
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKeegan Akin — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMitch Farris — hold.conf 0.50
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