MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Brown
Ben Brown
CHC · P
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Portrait of Caleb Thielbar
Caleb Thielbar
CHC · 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); Caleb Thielbar wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ben Brown
96.3
Caleb Thielbar
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
12.9%
Caleb Thielbar
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
24.5%
Caleb Thielbar
29.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ben Brown
30.6%
Caleb Thielbar
38.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
43.0%
Caleb Thielbar
38.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
7.3%
Caleb Thielbar
14.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ben Brown
.279
Caleb Thielbar
.329
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
24.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.92
3.19
Caleb Thielbar
24.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Ben Brown
.9001.50
now 0.93
1.22
Caleb Thielbar
.9001.50
now 1.34
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ben Brown
4068.20
now 53
40
Caleb Thielbar
4068.20
now 15
19
Winshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0005.20
now 2
12
Caleb Thielbar
.0005.20
now 2
24
Saveshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0007
now 1
01
Caleb Thielbar
.0007
now 2
15
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 & seeCaleb Thielbar — hold.conf 0.50
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