MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Ben Brown
Ben Brown
CHC · P
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Portrait of Bryan Abreu
Bryan Abreu
HOU · 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, ERA, and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ben Brown wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Bryan Abreu wins 2 (W, SV).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ben Brown
96.3
Bryan Abreu
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
12.9%
Bryan Abreu
12.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
24.5%
Bryan Abreu
27.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ben Brown
30.6%
Bryan Abreu
25.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
43.0%
Bryan Abreu
48.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
7.3%
Bryan Abreu
7.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ben Brown
.279
Bryan Abreu
.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
Ben Brown
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.92
3.21
Bryan Abreu
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.87
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Ben Brown
.9002.46
now 0.93
1.22
Bryan Abreu
.9002.46
now 2.02
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ben Brown
4065
now 53
39
Bryan Abreu
4065
now 23
26
Winshigher is better
Ben Brown
.2003.80
now 2
12
Bryan Abreu
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0005.60
now 1
01
Bryan Abreu
.0005.60
now 3
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBen Brown — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeBryan Abreu — hold.conf 0.50
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