MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Brown
Ben Brown
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of Jeff Hoffman
Jeff Hoffman
TOR · 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); Jeff Hoffman 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
Jeff Hoffman
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
12.9%
Jeff Hoffman
18.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
24.5%
Jeff Hoffman
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ben Brown
30.6%
Jeff Hoffman
38.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
43.0%
Jeff Hoffman
30.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
7.3%
Jeff Hoffman
7.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ben Brown
.279
Jeff Hoffman
.274
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
28.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.92
3.19
Jeff Hoffman
28.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.31
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Ben Brown
.9002.08
now 0.93
1.22
Jeff Hoffman
.9002.08
now 1.75
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ben Brown
4061.80
now 53
40
Jeff Hoffman
4061.80
now 45
31
Winshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0006.60
now 2
12
Jeff Hoffman
.0006.60
now 4
25
Saveshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0007
now 1
01
Jeff Hoffman
.0007
now 5
35
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBen Brown — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Buy LowJeff Hoffman — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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