MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Blas Castaño
Blas Castaño
COL · P
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Portrait of Ryan Yarbrough
Ryan Yarbrough
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 3 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Blas Castaño wins 1 (K); Ryan Yarbrough wins 1 (SV); 3 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Blas Castaño
94.5
Ryan Yarbrough
87.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
9.0%
Ryan Yarbrough
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
20.0%
Ryan Yarbrough
17.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
28.1%
Ryan Yarbrough
26.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blas Castaño
50.0%
Ryan Yarbrough
24.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blas Castaño
10.0%
Ryan Yarbrough
3.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blas Castaño
.368
Ryan Yarbrough
.274
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
Blas Castaño
3.165.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.91
3.70
Ryan Yarbrough
3.165.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.66
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Blas Castaño
.9901.58
now 1.45
1.24
Ryan Yarbrough
.9901.58
now 1.12
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blas Castaño
4035.20
now 10
28
Ryan Yarbrough
4035.20
now 14
21
Winshigher is better
Blas Castaño
.000.480
now 0
00
Ryan Yarbrough
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Blas Castaño
.0004.40
now 0
0
Ryan Yarbrough
.0004.40
now 1
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlas Castaño — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyan Yarbrough — hold.conf 0.50
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