MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Pfaadt
Brandon Pfaadt
AZ · P
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Portrait of Luinder Avila
Luinder Avila
KC · P
Change to
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.

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

Brandon Pfaadt wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Luinder Avila wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
93.3
Luinder Avila
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
11.0%
Luinder Avila
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
18.7%
Luinder Avila
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
30.0%
Luinder Avila
26.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
39.6%
Luinder Avila
33.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
10.7%
Luinder Avila
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
.325
Luinder Avila
.327
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

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
3.606.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.17
Luinder Avila
3.606.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.44
4.21
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Pfaadt
1.211.85
now 1.41
1.35
Luinder Avila
1.211.85
now 1.71
1.51

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
4042.60
now 30
37
Luinder Avila
4042.60
now 25
35
Winshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.0002.80
now 0
00
Luinder Avila
.0002.80
now 1
12

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

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