MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Pfaadt
Brandon Pfaadt
AZ · P
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Portrait of Sam Hentges
Sam Hentges
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sam Hentges.

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

Sam Hentges 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
Sam Hentges
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
10.3%
Sam Hentges
12.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
16.0%
Sam Hentges
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
31.9%
Sam Hentges
25.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
34.0%
Sam Hentges
30.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
7.5%
Sam Hentges
4.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
.300
Sam Hentges
.300
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
27.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.74
Sam Hentges
27.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.17
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Pfaadt
1.111.70
now 1.41
1.27
Sam Hentges
1.111.70
now 1.57
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
4040
now 30
7
Sam Hentges
4040
now 9
5
Winshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.000.480
now 0
00
Sam Hentges
.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 & seeSam Hentges — hold.conf 0.50
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