MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 6, 2026
Portrait of Orion Kerkering
Orion Kerkering
PHI · P
Change to
Ryan Walker
SF · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Walker.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and saves. Orion Kerkering’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ryan Walker wins 2 categories (K, SV); Orion Kerkering wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Orion Kerkering
97.4
Ryan Walker
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Orion Kerkering
12.2%
Ryan Walker
6.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Orion Kerkering
26.7%
Ryan Walker
16.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Orion Kerkering
30.1%
Ryan Walker
26.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Orion Kerkering
24.4%
Ryan Walker
33.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Orion Kerkering
6.7%
Ryan Walker
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Orion Kerkering
.265
Ryan Walker
.314
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Orion Kerkering
28.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
3.69
Ryan Walker
28.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.46
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Orion Kerkering
.9002.19
now 1.13
1.24
Ryan Walker
.9002.19
now 1.89
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Orion Kerkering
4036.40
now 23
27
Ryan Walker
4036.40
now 14
30
Winshigher is better
Orion Kerkering
.0007
now 3
25
Ryan Walker
.0007
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Orion Kerkering
.0008.40
now 1
02
Ryan Walker
.0008.40
now 3
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeOrion Kerkering — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowRyan Walker — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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