MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Pfaadt
Brandon Pfaadt
AZ · P
Change to
Portrait of Tanner Gordon
Tanner Gordon
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tanner Gordon.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts 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

Tanner Gordon wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Brandon Pfaadt wins 1 (ERA); 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
Tanner Gordon
92.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
11.0%
Tanner Gordon
11.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
18.7%
Tanner Gordon
20.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
30.0%
Tanner Gordon
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
39.6%
Tanner Gordon
44.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
10.7%
Tanner Gordon
11.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
.325
Tanner Gordon
.340
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
3.297.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.17
Tanner Gordon
3.297.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.37
4.48
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Pfaadt
1.171.67
now 1.41
1.35
Tanner Gordon
1.171.67
now 1.56
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
4048.60
now 30
34
Tanner Gordon
4048.60
now 35
43
Winshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.000.480
now 0
00
Tanner Gordon
.000.480
now 0
00

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

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