MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Pfaadt
Brandon Pfaadt
AZ · P
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Portrait of Will Vest
Will Vest
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Will Vest.

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

Will Vest 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
Will Vest
95.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
10.3%
Will Vest
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
16.0%
Will Vest
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
31.9%
Will Vest
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
34.0%
Will Vest
35.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
7.5%
Will Vest
5.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
.300
Will Vest
.307
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
2.298.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.74
Will Vest
2.298.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.23
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Pfaadt
1.161.53
now 1.41
1.27
Will Vest
1.161.53
now 1.45
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
4040
now 30
7
Will Vest
4040
now 20
5
Winshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.0001.48
now 0
00
Will Vest
.0001.48
now 1
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Pfaadt — buy.conf 0.70
Buy LowWill Vest — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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