MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Pfaadt
Brandon Pfaadt
AZ · P
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Portrait of Reynaldo López
Reynaldo López
ATL · 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 ERA. Reynaldo López’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Brandon Pfaadt wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Reynaldo López wins 1 (W); 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
Reynaldo López
94.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
11.0%
Reynaldo López
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
18.7%
Reynaldo López
21.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
30.0%
Reynaldo López
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
39.6%
Reynaldo López
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
10.7%
Reynaldo López
6.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
.325
Reynaldo López
.327
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
2.406.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.17
Reynaldo López
2.406.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.31
4.21
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Pfaadt
1.261.48
now 1.41
1.35
Reynaldo López
1.261.48
now 1.33
1.35

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
4042.60
now 30
37
Reynaldo López
4042.60
now 31
35
Winshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.0004.20
now 0
00
Reynaldo López
.0004.20
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrandon Pfaadt — sell.conf 0.65
Sell HighReynaldo López — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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