MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Ben Brown
Ben Brown
CHC · P
Change to
Garrett Whitlock
BOS · 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 n/a

Ben Brown wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Garrett Whitlock wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ben Brown
96.3
Garrett Whitlock
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
12.9%
Garrett Whitlock
17.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
24.5%
Garrett Whitlock
30.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ben Brown
30.6%
Garrett Whitlock
41.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
43.0%
Garrett Whitlock
35.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
7.3%
Garrett Whitlock
3.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ben Brown
.279
Garrett Whitlock
.244
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
24.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.92
3.22
Garrett Whitlock
24.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.05
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Ben Brown
.9001.36
now 0.93
1.22
Garrett Whitlock
.9001.36
now 1.11
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ben Brown
4071.80
now 53
9
Garrett Whitlock
4071.80
now 26
6
Winshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0004.20
now 2
01
Garrett Whitlock
.0004.20
now 3
01

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBen Brown — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighGarrett Whitlock — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.78
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