MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
CWS · P
Change to
Brandon Williamson
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Anthony Kay wins 2 (K, W); Brandon Williamson wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Kay
95.8
Brandon Williamson
92.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.8%
Brandon Williamson
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.2%
Brandon Williamson
14.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
33.2%
Brandon Williamson
24.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.5%
Brandon Williamson
41.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.5%
Brandon Williamson
10.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.342
Brandon Williamson
.389
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
Anthony Kay
2.837.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.68
Brandon Williamson
2.837.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.11
4.29
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.221.76
now 1.40
1.38
Brandon Williamson
1.221.76
now 1.64
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4051.20
now 42
28
Brandon Williamson
4051.20
now 19
26
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.8006.20
now 5
25
Brandon Williamson
.8006.20
now 2
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.82
Sell HighBrandon Williamson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.81
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