MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Pfaadt
Brandon Pfaadt
AZ · P
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Portrait of Keegan Akin
Keegan Akin
BAL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Keegan Akin.

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

Keegan Akin 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
Keegan Akin
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
10.3%
Keegan Akin
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
16.0%
Keegan Akin
14.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
31.9%
Keegan Akin
28.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
34.0%
Keegan Akin
28.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
7.5%
Keegan Akin
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
.300
Keegan Akin
.298
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.74
Keegan Akin
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.88
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Pfaadt
12.07
now 1.41
1.27
Keegan Akin
12.07
now 1.83
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
4040
now 30
7
Keegan Akin
4040
now 12
5
Winshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.000.480
now 0
00
Keegan Akin
.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
Hold · wait & seeKeegan Akin — hold.conf 0.50
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