MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 17, 2026
Portrait of Ben Brown
Ben Brown
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · P
Change to
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); Daniel Palencia 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
Daniel Palencia
99.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
12.9%
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
24.5%
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ben Brown
30.6%
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
43.0%
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
7.3%
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ben Brown
.279
Daniel Palencia
.300
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
Daniel Palencia
24.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Ben Brown
.9001.67
now 0.93
1.22
Daniel Palencia
.9001.67
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ben Brown
4069.40
now 53
41
Daniel Palencia
4069.40
now 12
19
Winshigher is better
Ben Brown
.5202.48
now 2
12
Daniel Palencia
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0008.40
now 1
01
Daniel Palencia
.0008.40
now 3
36
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 & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
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