MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Ben Brown
Ben Brown
CHC · P
Change to
Gabriel Hughes
COL · 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, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ben Brown wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Gabriel Hughes wins 1 (SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ben Brown
96.3
Gabriel Hughes
92.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
12.9%
Gabriel Hughes
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
24.5%
Gabriel Hughes
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ben Brown
30.6%
Gabriel Hughes
30.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
43.0%
Gabriel Hughes
28.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
7.3%
Gabriel Hughes
1.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ben Brown
.279
Gabriel Hughes
.233
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
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.92
3.22
Gabriel Hughes
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Ben Brown
.9001.36
now 0.93
1.22
Gabriel Hughes
.9001.36
now 1.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ben Brown
4073.80
now 53
37
Gabriel Hughes
4073.80
now 1
9
Winshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0002.80
now 2
12
Gabriel Hughes
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Ben Brown
.00023.80
now 1
01
Gabriel Hughes
.00023.80
now 1
417
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 & seeGabriel Hughes — hold.conf 0.50
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