MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 5, 2026
Portrait of Ben Brown
Ben Brown
CHC · P
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Portrait of Lucas Erceg
Lucas Erceg
KC · 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); Lucas Erceg 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
Lucas Erceg
97.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
12.9%
Lucas Erceg
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
24.5%
Lucas Erceg
17.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ben Brown
30.6%
Lucas Erceg
25.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
43.0%
Lucas Erceg
42.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
7.3%
Lucas Erceg
6.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ben Brown
.279
Lucas Erceg
.320
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
28.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.92
3.18
Lucas Erceg
28.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.33
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Ben Brown
.9002.32
now 0.93
1.22
Lucas Erceg
.9002.32
now 1.92
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ben Brown
4067
now 53
49
Lucas Erceg
4067
now 18
26
Winshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0006.60
now 2
13
Lucas Erceg
.0006.60
now 3
25
Saveshigher is better
Ben Brown
.00023.80
now 1
02
Lucas Erceg
.00023.80
now 11
917
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 LowLucas Erceg — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.89
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