MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Pierce Johnson
Pierce Johnson
CIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Will Klein
Will Klein
LAD · P
Change to
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 ERA.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Will Klein wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Pierce Johnson wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Pierce Johnson
95.4
Will Klein
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Pierce Johnson
11.2%
Will Klein
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Pierce Johnson
20.4%
Will Klein
25.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Pierce Johnson
33.9%
Will Klein
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Pierce Johnson
40.0%
Will Klein
37.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Pierce Johnson
12.0%
Will Klein
2.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Pierce Johnson
.368
Will Klein
.288
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
24.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.27
3.74
Will Klein
24.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.88
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Pierce Johnson
.9601.33
now 1.23
1.24
Will Klein
.9601.33
now 1.04
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Pierce Johnson
4030.60
now 20
17
Will Klein
4030.60
now 25
18
Winshigher is better
Pierce Johnson
.0002.80
now 2
12
Will Klein
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Pierce Johnson
.0002.40
now 1
01
Will Klein
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seePierce Johnson — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeWill Klein — hold.conf 0.50
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