MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Mason Fluharty
Mason Fluharty
TOR · P
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Portrait of Pierce Johnson
Pierce Johnson
CIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mason Fluharty.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Pierce Johnson’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

Mason Fluharty wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Pierce Johnson wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Mason Fluharty
90.8
Pierce Johnson
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Mason Fluharty
13.8%
Pierce Johnson
11.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Mason Fluharty
26.7%
Pierce Johnson
20.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Mason Fluharty
34.3%
Pierce Johnson
33.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Mason Fluharty
33.3%
Pierce Johnson
40.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Mason Fluharty
8.1%
Pierce Johnson
12.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Mason Fluharty
.277
Pierce Johnson
.370
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
Mason Fluharty
2.944.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.69
Pierce Johnson
2.944.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.27
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Mason Fluharty
1.161.43
now 1.36
1.24
Pierce Johnson
1.161.43
now 1.23
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Mason Fluharty
4035.60
now 30
25
Pierce Johnson
4035.60
now 20
21
Winshigher is better
Mason Fluharty
.0005.20
now 3
14
Pierce Johnson
.0005.20
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Mason Fluharty
.0003.40
now 0
0
Pierce Johnson
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowMason Fluharty — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Sell HighPierce Johnson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.84
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