MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Aaron Ashby
Aaron Ashby
MIL · P
Change to
Portrait of Ben Brown
Ben Brown
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ben Brown.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ben Brown wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Aaron Ashby wins 2 (ERA, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Aaron Ashby
97.3
Ben Brown
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aaron Ashby
12.9%
Ben Brown
12.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aaron Ashby
30.7%
Ben Brown
24.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aaron Ashby
30.7%
Ben Brown
30.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aaron Ashby
39.3%
Ben Brown
43.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aaron Ashby
4.8%
Ben Brown
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aaron Ashby
.275
Ben Brown
.279
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
Aaron Ashby
23.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
3.12
Ben Brown
23.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.92
3.22
WHIPlower is better
Aaron Ashby
.9001.48
now 1.28
1.32
Ben Brown
.9001.48
now 0.93
1.22

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aaron Ashby
4061.40
now 51
32
Ben Brown
4061.40
now 53
38
Winshigher is better
Aaron Ashby
.00012.20
now 9
39
Ben Brown
.00012.20
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Aaron Ashby
.0002.40
now 0
0
Ben Brown
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAaron Ashby — buy.conf 0.89
Sell HighBen Brown — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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