MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Kevin Ginkel
Kevin Ginkel
AZ · P
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Portrait of Mason Montgomery
Mason Montgomery
PIT · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mason Montgomery.

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

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

Mason Montgomery wins 1 categories (ERA); Kevin Ginkel wins 0 (none); 3 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kevin Ginkel
95.4
Mason Montgomery
98.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kevin Ginkel
15.3%
Mason Montgomery
15.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kevin Ginkel
25.0%
Mason Montgomery
35.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kevin Ginkel
35.7%
Mason Montgomery
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kevin Ginkel
43.0%
Mason Montgomery
39.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kevin Ginkel
9.6%
Mason Montgomery
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kevin Ginkel
.293
Mason Montgomery
.274
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
Kevin Ginkel
2.764.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.09
3.70
Mason Montgomery
2.764.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.91
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Kevin Ginkel
.9901.34
now 1.07
1.24
Mason Montgomery
.9901.34
now 1.26
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kevin Ginkel
4035.60
now 28
24
Mason Montgomery
4035.60
now 30
24
Winshigher is better
Kevin Ginkel
.0001.48
now 1
01
Mason Montgomery
.0001.48
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKevin Ginkel — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowMason Montgomery — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.85
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