MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Aaron Ashby
Aaron Ashby
MIL · P
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Portrait of Pete Fairbanks
Pete Fairbanks
MIA · 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.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Aaron Ashby wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Pete Fairbanks 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
Pete Fairbanks
97.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aaron Ashby
12.9%
Pete Fairbanks
13.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aaron Ashby
30.7%
Pete Fairbanks
29.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aaron Ashby
30.7%
Pete Fairbanks
34.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aaron Ashby
39.3%
Pete Fairbanks
44.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aaron Ashby
4.8%
Pete Fairbanks
13.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aaron Ashby
.275
Pete Fairbanks
.345
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
3.12
Pete Fairbanks
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.04
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Aaron Ashby
1.171.39
now 1.28
1.32
Pete Fairbanks
1.171.39
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aaron Ashby
4062.60
now 51
34
Pete Fairbanks
4062.60
now 22
27
Winshigher is better
Aaron Ashby
.00011.80
now 9
39
Pete Fairbanks
.00011.80
now 2
23
Saveshigher is better
Aaron Ashby
.00012.60
now 0
0
Pete Fairbanks
.00012.60
now 6
59
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAaron Ashby — buy.conf 0.89
Hold · wait & seePete Fairbanks — hold.conf 0.55
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