MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Sproat
Brandon Sproat
MIL · P
Change to
Elmer Rodríguez
NYY · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Brandon Sproat wins 2 (K, W); Elmer Rodríguez wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
96.9
Elmer Rodríguez
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
11.6%
Elmer Rodríguez
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
24.7%
Elmer Rodríguez
12.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
25.6%
Elmer Rodríguez
22.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
42.7%
Elmer Rodríguez
34.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
8.8%
Elmer Rodríguez
5.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
.336
Elmer Rodríguez
.367
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 Sproat
3.247.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.24
4.55
Elmer Rodríguez
3.247.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.76
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Sproat
1.121.94
now 1.53
1.38
Elmer Rodríguez
1.121.94
now 1.76
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Sproat
4068.80
now 52
52
Elmer Rodríguez
4068.80
now 10
29
Winshigher is better
Brandon Sproat
.0001.48
now 1
11
Elmer Rodríguez
.0001.48
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrandon Sproat — sell.conf 0.76
Hold · wait & seeElmer Rodríguez — hold.conf 0.50
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