MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Portrait of Ben Brown
Ben Brown
CHC · P
Change to
Emilio Pagán
CIN · 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); Emilio Pagán 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
Emilio Pagán
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
12.9%
Emilio Pagán
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
24.5%
Emilio Pagán
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ben Brown
30.6%
Emilio Pagán
30.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
43.0%
Emilio Pagán
57.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
7.3%
Emilio Pagán
10.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ben Brown
.279
Emilio Pagán
.349
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
Ben Brown
28.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.92
3.19
Emilio Pagán
28.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.43
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Ben Brown
.9001.63
now 0.93
1.22
Emilio Pagán
.9001.63
now 1.43
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ben Brown
4069.80
now 53
47
Emilio Pagán
4069.80
now 11
24
Winshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0005.20
now 2
13
Emilio Pagán
.0005.20
now 2
24
Saveshigher is better
Ben Brown
.00016.80
now 1
02
Emilio Pagán
.00016.80
now 6
712
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 & seeEmilio Pagán — hold.conf 0.50
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