MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Sproat
Brandon Sproat
MIL · P
Change to
Hunter Dobbins
STL · 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); Hunter Dobbins 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
96.7
Hunter Dobbins
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
11.5%
Hunter Dobbins
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
24.1%
Hunter Dobbins
22.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
25.6%
Hunter Dobbins
26.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
43.2%
Hunter Dobbins
44.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
8.9%
Hunter Dobbins
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
.338
Hunter Dobbins
.299
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 Sproat
3.247.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.24
4.59
Hunter Dobbins
3.247.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Sproat
1.211.62
now 1.53
1.40
Hunter Dobbins
1.211.62
now 1.38
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Sproat
4069.60
now 52
40
Hunter Dobbins
4069.60
now 8
28
Winshigher is better
Brandon Sproat
.0001.48
now 1
11
Hunter Dobbins
.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 0.78
Hold · wait & seeHunter Dobbins — hold.conf 0.50
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