MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Ben Brown
Ben Brown
CHC · P
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Portrait of Pete Fairbanks
Pete Fairbanks
MIA · P
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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); Pete Fairbanks 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
Pete Fairbanks
97.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
12.9%
Pete Fairbanks
13.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
24.5%
Pete Fairbanks
30.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ben Brown
30.6%
Pete Fairbanks
33.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
43.0%
Pete Fairbanks
44.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
7.3%
Pete Fairbanks
13.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ben Brown
.279
Pete Fairbanks
.333
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.92
3.21
Pete Fairbanks
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.04
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Ben Brown
.9001.45
now 0.93
1.22
Pete Fairbanks
.9001.45
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ben Brown
4066.20
now 53
29
Pete Fairbanks
4066.20
now 22
20
Winshigher is better
Ben Brown
.2003.80
now 2
12
Pete Fairbanks
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0009.80
now 1
01
Pete Fairbanks
.0009.80
now 6
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 & seePete Fairbanks — hold.conf 0.50
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