MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Ryan Johnson
LAA · P
Change to
Portrait of Ryan Watson
Ryan Watson
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Watson.

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

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

Ryan Watson wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Ryan Johnson wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ryan Johnson
92.1
Ryan Watson
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ryan Johnson
11.2%
Ryan Watson
11.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ryan Johnson
16.5%
Ryan Watson
17.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ryan Johnson
28.5%
Ryan Watson
31.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ryan Johnson
36.4%
Ryan Watson
38.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ryan Johnson
10.9%
Ryan Watson
11.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ryan Johnson
.362
Ryan Watson
.364
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
Ryan Johnson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.83
4.99
Ryan Watson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.35
5.05
WHIPlower is better
Ryan Johnson
.9402.55
now 2.33
1.45
Ryan Watson
.9402.55
now 1.46
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ryan Johnson
4037.80
now 7
11
Ryan Watson
4037.80
now 29
16
Winshigher is better
Ryan Johnson
.000.480
now 0
00
Ryan Watson
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellRyan Johnson — sell.conf 0.90
SellRyan Watson — sell.conf 0.90
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