MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Pfaadt
Brandon Pfaadt
AZ · P
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Portrait of Justin Bruihl
Justin Bruihl
STL · 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 and WHIP.

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

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
93.3
Justin Bruihl
91.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
10.8%
Justin Bruihl
8.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
17.7%
Justin Bruihl
15.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
31.8%
Justin Bruihl
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
38.5%
Justin Bruihl
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
10.1%
Justin Bruihl
3.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
.325
Justin Bruihl
.321
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
3.496.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.17
Justin Bruihl
3.496.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.61
4.09
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Pfaadt
1.271.53
now 1.41
1.34
Justin Bruihl
1.271.53
now 1.46
1.40

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
4038.80
now 30
32
Justin Bruihl
4038.80
now 18
15
Winshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.000.480
now 0
00
Justin Bruihl
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrandon Pfaadt — sell.conf 0.65
Hold · leans sellJustin Bruihl — hold.conf 0.60
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