MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Pfaadt
Brandon Pfaadt
AZ · P
Change to
Portrait of Luis Medina
Luis Medina
ATH · 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 and WHIP. Luis Medina’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Brandon Pfaadt wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Luis Medina wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
93.3
Luis Medina
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
10.1%
Luis Medina
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
17.3%
Luis Medina
27.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
31.4%
Luis Medina
24.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
37.2%
Luis Medina
38.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
9.0%
Luis Medina
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
.317
Luis Medina
.318
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
26.67
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.04
Luis Medina
26.67
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.88
4.06
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Pfaadt
1.121.49
now 1.41
1.33
Luis Medina
1.121.49
now 1.20
1.35

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
4036.60
now 30
31
Luis Medina
4036.60
now 27
21
Winshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.0001.48
now 0
00
Luis Medina
.0001.48
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Pfaadt — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyLuis Medina — hold.conf 0.60
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