MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Pfaadt
Brandon Pfaadt
AZ · P
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Portrait of Seth Halvorsen
Seth Halvorsen
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Seth Halvorsen.

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

Seth Halvorsen wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Brandon Pfaadt wins 1 (K); 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
93.2
Seth Halvorsen
98.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
10.3%
Seth Halvorsen
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
16.0%
Seth Halvorsen
15.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
31.9%
Seth Halvorsen
26.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
34.0%
Seth Halvorsen
36.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
7.5%
Seth Halvorsen
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
.300
Seth Halvorsen
.387
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
26.66
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.73
Seth Halvorsen
26.66
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.92
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Pfaadt
1.121.66
now 1.41
1.27
Seth Halvorsen
1.121.66
now 1.54
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
4039.60
now 30
8
Seth Halvorsen
4039.60
now 13
6
Winshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.000.480
now 0
00
Seth Halvorsen
.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 & seeSeth Halvorsen — hold.conf 0.50
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