MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Sproat
Brandon Sproat
MIL · P
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Portrait of Kumar Rocker
Kumar Rocker
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kumar Rocker.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP.

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

Kumar Rocker wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Brandon Sproat wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
96.7
Kumar Rocker
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
11.5%
Kumar Rocker
12.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
24.1%
Kumar Rocker
21.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
25.6%
Kumar Rocker
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
43.2%
Kumar Rocker
40.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
8.9%
Kumar Rocker
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
.338
Kumar Rocker
.325
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
2.467.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.24
4.59
Kumar Rocker
2.467.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
4.33
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Sproat
1.241.61
now 1.53
1.40
Kumar Rocker
1.241.61
now 1.32
1.35

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Sproat
4060.40
now 52
40
Kumar Rocker
4060.40
now 44
31
Winshigher is better
Brandon Sproat
.5202.48
now 1
11
Kumar Rocker
.5202.48
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrandon Sproat — sell.conf 0.78
SellKumar Rocker — sell.conf 0.66
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