MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 17, 2026
Portrait of Ben Brown
Ben Brown
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of Rico Garcia
Rico Garcia
BAL · 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. Rico Garcia’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ben Brown wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Rico Garcia wins 2 (W, SV).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ben Brown
96.3
Rico Garcia
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
12.9%
Rico Garcia
17.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
24.5%
Rico Garcia
27.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ben Brown
30.6%
Rico Garcia
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
43.0%
Rico Garcia
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
7.3%
Rico Garcia
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ben Brown
.279
Rico Garcia
.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
24.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.92
3.19
Rico Garcia
24.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.71
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Ben Brown
.9001.48
now 0.93
1.22
Rico Garcia
.9001.48
now 0.63
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ben Brown
4065.80
now 53
41
Rico Garcia
4065.80
now 28
21
Winshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0005.20
now 2
12
Rico Garcia
.0005.20
now 3
24
Saveshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0004.40
now 1
01
Rico Garcia
.0004.40
now 3
23
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 HighRico Garcia — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.73
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