MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Pfaadt
Brandon Pfaadt
AZ · P
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Portrait of Jakob Junis
Jakob Junis
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brandon Pfaadt.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Jakob Junis’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

Brandon Pfaadt wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Jakob Junis wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
93.2
Jakob Junis
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
10.3%
Jakob Junis
8.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
16.0%
Jakob Junis
17.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
31.9%
Jakob Junis
30.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
34.0%
Jakob Junis
33.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
7.5%
Jakob Junis
3.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
.300
Jakob Junis
.311
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
27.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.73
Jakob Junis
27.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.75
3.93
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.9001.66
now 1.41
1.27
Jakob Junis
.9001.66
now 0.78
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
4040.40
now 30
8
Jakob Junis
4040.40
now 16
4
Winshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.000.480
now 0
00
Jakob Junis
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.0004.40
now 0
0
Jakob Junis
.0004.40
now 3
01
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Pfaadt — buy.conf 0.70
Sell HighJakob Junis — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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