MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 7, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Eisert
Brandon Eisert
CWS · P
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Portrait of Kirby Yates
Kirby Yates
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kirby Yates.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Kirby Yates wins 2 categories (K, SV); Brandon Eisert wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Eisert
89.8
Kirby Yates
90.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Eisert
15.5%
Kirby Yates
19.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Eisert
29.6%
Kirby Yates
35.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Eisert
33.1%
Kirby Yates
37.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Eisert
42.9%
Kirby Yates
50.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Eisert
8.6%
Kirby Yates
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Eisert
.278
Kirby Yates
.271
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
Brandon Eisert
3.454.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.70
Kirby Yates
3.454.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Eisert
1.131.44
now 1.37
1.24
Kirby Yates
1.131.44
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Eisert
4028.60
now 11
18
Kirby Yates
4028.60
now 10
23
Winshigher is better
Brandon Eisert
.0004.20
now 1
13
Kirby Yates
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Brandon Eisert
.0005.60
now 0
0
Kirby Yates
.0005.60
now 1
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrandon Eisert — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
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