MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Kirby Yates
Kirby Yates
PIT · P
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Portrait of Taylor Rogers
Taylor Rogers
MIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kirby Yates.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and saves. Taylor Rogers’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Kirby Yates wins 2 categories (K, SV); Taylor Rogers wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kirby Yates
90.9
Taylor Rogers
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
17.8%
Taylor Rogers
7.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
30.5%
Taylor Rogers
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
37.1%
Taylor Rogers
25.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
47.0%
Taylor Rogers
25.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
7.6%
Taylor Rogers
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kirby Yates
.278
Taylor Rogers
.312
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
Kirby Yates
3.454.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
Taylor Rogers
3.454.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.15
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Kirby Yates
1.051.72
now 1.20
1.24
Taylor Rogers
1.051.72
now 1.57
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kirby Yates
4022.60
now 10
17
Taylor Rogers
4022.60
now 17
15
Winshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0001.48
now 0
00
Taylor Rogers
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0004.40
now 1
13
Taylor Rogers
.0004.40
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowTaylor Rogers — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.85
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