MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 2, 2026
Portrait of Kirby Yates
Kirby Yates
LAA · P
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Portrait of Will Klein
Will Klein
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Will Klein.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Will Klein wins 2 categories (K, W); Kirby Yates wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kirby Yates
90.5
Will Klein
97.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
18.0%
Will Klein
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
34.2%
Will Klein
25.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
36.5%
Will Klein
30.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
51.3%
Will Klein
38.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
10.3%
Will Klein
3.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kirby Yates
.278
Will Klein
.289
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
25.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
Will Klein
25.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.88
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Kirby Yates
.9601.32
now 1.20
1.24
Will Klein
.9601.32
now 1.04
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kirby Yates
4038
now 10
26
Will Klein
4038
now 25
30
Winshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0002.80
now 0
00
Will Klein
.0002.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0007
now 1
15
Will Klein
.0007
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeWill Klein — hold.conf 0.50
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