MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Aaron Ashby
Aaron Ashby
MIL · P
Change to
Josh Hader
HOU · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Aaron Ashby.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and wins. Josh Hader’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Aaron Ashby
97.3
Josh Hader
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aaron Ashby
13.1%
Josh Hader
20.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aaron Ashby
31.0%
Josh Hader
38.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aaron Ashby
30.7%
Josh Hader
40.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aaron Ashby
39.5%
Josh Hader
24.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aaron Ashby
4.5%
Josh Hader
4.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aaron Ashby
.276
Josh Hader
.193
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
3.14
Josh Hader
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Aaron Ashby
.9001.45
now 1.28
1.32
Josh Hader
.9001.45
now 1.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aaron Ashby
4071
now 51
25
Josh Hader
4071
now 1
13
Winshigher is better
Aaron Ashby
.00012.60
now 9
37
Josh Hader
.00012.60
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Aaron Ashby
.00030.80
now 0
0
Josh Hader
.00030.80
now 1
522
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowAaron Ashby — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.78
Sell HighJosh Hader — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.71
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