MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Pfaadt
Brandon Pfaadt
AZ · P
Change to
Portrait of JoJo Romero
JoJo Romero
MIL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Brandon Pfaadt wins 1 (K); JoJo Romero wins 1 (WHIP); 2 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
JoJo Romero
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
9.8%
JoJo Romero
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
15.6%
JoJo Romero
23.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
30.8%
JoJo Romero
27.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
36.5%
JoJo Romero
43.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
8.2%
JoJo Romero
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
.303
JoJo Romero
.337
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
26.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.78
JoJo Romero
26.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Pfaadt
1.061.51
now 1.41
1.32
JoJo Romero
1.061.51
now 1.16
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
4036
now 30
25
JoJo Romero
4036
now 25
15
Winshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.000.480
now 0
00
JoJo Romero
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyBrandon Pfaadt — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeJoJo Romero — hold.conf 0.50
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