MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Pierce Johnson
Pierce Johnson
CIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Tanner Gordon
Tanner Gordon
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Pierce Johnson.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Pierce Johnson wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Tanner Gordon wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Pierce Johnson
95.6
Tanner Gordon
92.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Pierce Johnson
10.8%
Tanner Gordon
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Pierce Johnson
19.8%
Tanner Gordon
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Pierce Johnson
34.1%
Tanner Gordon
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Pierce Johnson
37.2%
Tanner Gordon
42.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Pierce Johnson
10.1%
Tanner Gordon
10.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Pierce Johnson
.347
Tanner Gordon
.323
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
Pierce Johnson
2.037.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.27
3.73
Tanner Gordon
2.037.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.37
4.16
WHIPlower is better
Pierce Johnson
1.101.69
now 1.23
1.24
Tanner Gordon
1.101.69
now 1.56
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Pierce Johnson
4047
now 20
5
Tanner Gordon
4047
now 35
10
Winshigher is better
Pierce Johnson
.0002.80
now 2
01
Tanner Gordon
.0002.80
now 0
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seePierce Johnson — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · leans sellTanner Gordon — hold.conf 0.60
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