MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Ben Brown
Ben Brown
CHC · P
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Portrait of Gregory Soto
Gregory Soto
PIT · 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. Gregory Soto’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ben Brown wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Gregory Soto 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
Gregory Soto
97.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
12.9%
Gregory Soto
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
24.5%
Gregory Soto
27.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ben Brown
30.6%
Gregory Soto
29.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
43.0%
Gregory Soto
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
7.3%
Gregory Soto
6.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ben Brown
.279
Gregory Soto
.286
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
24.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.92
3.22
Gregory Soto
24.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.95
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Ben Brown
.9001.45
now 0.93
1.22
Gregory Soto
.9001.45
now 0.76
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ben Brown
4065
now 53
38
Gregory Soto
4065
now 32
23
Winshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0005.20
now 2
12
Gregory Soto
.0005.20
now 4
24
Saveshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0009.80
now 1
01
Gregory Soto
.0009.80
now 7
47
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 & seeGregory Soto — hold.conf 0.50
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