MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Brad Keller
Brad Keller
PHI · P
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Portrait of José Fermin
José Fermin
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

José Fermin.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, and wins. Brad Keller’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

José Fermin wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); Brad Keller wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brad Keller
97.0
José Fermin
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Keller
10.1%
José Fermin
15.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Keller
23.7%
José Fermin
25.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Keller
28.0%
José Fermin
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Keller
31.8%
José Fermin
42.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Keller
4.5%
José Fermin
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Keller
.284
José Fermin
.315
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
Brad Keller
2.956.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.65
3.69
José Fermin
2.956.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brad Keller
.9301.88
now 1.14
1.25
José Fermin
.9301.88
now 1.67
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Keller
4033.60
now 28
18
José Fermin
4033.60
now 18
19
Winshigher is better
Brad Keller
.2003.80
now 2
12
José Fermin
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Brad Keller
.0004.40
now 3
23
José Fermin
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrad Keller — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJosé Fermin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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