MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Aaron Nola
Aaron Nola
PHI · P
Change to
Brandon Woodruff
MIL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brandon Woodruff.

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

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

Brandon Woodruff wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Aaron Nola wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Aaron Nola
92.3
Brandon Woodruff
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aaron Nola
12.4%
Brandon Woodruff
12.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aaron Nola
23.2%
Brandon Woodruff
27.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aaron Nola
32.2%
Brandon Woodruff
34.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aaron Nola
41.5%
Brandon Woodruff
34.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aaron Nola
10.0%
Brandon Woodruff
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aaron Nola
.320
Brandon Woodruff
.263
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 Nola
2.826.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.55
4.23
Brandon Woodruff
2.826.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.99
WHIPlower is better
Aaron Nola
.9001.53
now 1.39
1.33
Brandon Woodruff
.9001.53
now 1.03
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aaron Nola
4079.60
now 64
41
Brandon Woodruff
4079.60
now 25
29
Winshigher is better
Aaron Nola
.2003.80
now 3
13
Brandon Woodruff
.2003.80
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowAaron Nola — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeBrandon Woodruff — hold.conf 0.50
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