MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Pfaadt
Brandon Pfaadt
AZ · P
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Portrait of Cade Gibson
Cade Gibson
MIA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cade Gibson.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Cade Gibson wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Brandon Pfaadt wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
93.2
Cade Gibson
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
10.3%
Cade Gibson
9.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
16.0%
Cade Gibson
18.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
31.9%
Cade Gibson
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
34.0%
Cade Gibson
38.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
7.5%
Cade Gibson
3.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
.300
Cade Gibson
.303
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 Pfaadt
2.278.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.73
Cade Gibson
2.278.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.27
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Pfaadt
12.09
now 1.41
1.27
Cade Gibson
12.09
now 1.85
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
4039.60
now 30
8
Cade Gibson
4039.60
now 10
6
Winshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.000.480
now 0
00
Cade Gibson
.000.480
now 0
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Pfaadt — buy.conf 0.70
Buy LowCade Gibson — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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