MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Ben Brown
Ben Brown
CHC · P
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Portrait of Brent Headrick
Brent Headrick
NYY · P
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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); Brent Headrick wins 2 (ERA, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ben Brown
96.3
Brent Headrick
94.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
12.9%
Brent Headrick
17.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
24.5%
Brent Headrick
28.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ben Brown
30.6%
Brent Headrick
34.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
43.0%
Brent Headrick
36.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
7.3%
Brent Headrick
4.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ben Brown
.279
Brent Headrick
.265
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
Ben Brown
23.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.92
3.21
Brent Headrick
23.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
2.89
WHIPlower is better
Ben Brown
.9001.55
now 0.93
1.22
Brent Headrick
.9001.55
now 1.37
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ben Brown
4065.40
now 53
39
Brent Headrick
4065.40
now 29
22
Winshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0005.20
now 2
12
Brent Headrick
.0005.20
now 3
14
Saveshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0002.40
now 1
01
Brent Headrick
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBen Brown — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyBrent Headrick — buy.conf 0.92
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