MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 7, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Sproat
Brandon Sproat
MIL · P
Change to
Jake Irvin
WSH · 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, ERA); Jake Irvin wins 2 (WHIP, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
96.8
Jake Irvin
92.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
11.7%
Jake Irvin
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
25.0%
Jake Irvin
25.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
26.3%
Jake Irvin
25.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
42.4%
Jake Irvin
45.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
8.6%
Jake Irvin
12.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
.333
Jake Irvin
.349
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
3.766.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.24
4.47
Jake Irvin
3.766.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
4.82
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Sproat
1.251.61
now 1.53
1.37
Jake Irvin
1.251.61
now 1.35
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Sproat
46.4069.60
now 52
64
Jake Irvin
46.4069.60
now 58
62
Winshigher is better
Brandon Sproat
.2003.80
now 1
12
Jake Irvin
.2003.80
now 2
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrandon Sproat — sell.conf 0.72
SellJake Irvin — sell.conf 0.88
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