MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 30, 2026
Portrait of Nick Mears
Nick Mears
KC · P
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Portrait of Ryan Zeferjahn
Ryan Zeferjahn
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Zeferjahn.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ryan Zeferjahn wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Nick Mears wins 2 (WHIP, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Nick Mears
94.8
Ryan Zeferjahn
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Nick Mears
8.2%
Ryan Zeferjahn
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Nick Mears
18.1%
Ryan Zeferjahn
31.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Nick Mears
29.2%
Ryan Zeferjahn
22.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Nick Mears
50.9%
Ryan Zeferjahn
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Nick Mears
12.3%
Ryan Zeferjahn
4.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Nick Mears
.382
Ryan Zeferjahn
.287
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
Nick Mears
2.866.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.12
3.70
Ryan Zeferjahn
2.866.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.74
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Nick Mears
1.141.60
now 1.50
1.24
Ryan Zeferjahn
1.141.60
now 1.39
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Nick Mears
4041.60
now 15
25
Ryan Zeferjahn
4041.60
now 32
34
Winshigher is better
Nick Mears
.0005.20
now 2
14
Ryan Zeferjahn
.0005.20
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Nick Mears
.0003.40
now 0
0
Ryan Zeferjahn
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeNick Mears — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyan Zeferjahn — hold.conf 0.50
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