MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Sproat
Brandon Sproat
MIL · P
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Portrait of Tyler Mahle
Tyler Mahle
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tyler Mahle.

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

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

Tyler Mahle wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Brandon Sproat wins 0 (none); 2 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
96.9
Tyler Mahle
92.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
11.4%
Tyler Mahle
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
24.4%
Tyler Mahle
21.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
25.7%
Tyler Mahle
29.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
42.9%
Tyler Mahle
35.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
8.7%
Tyler Mahle
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
.337
Tyler Mahle
.318
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
3.377.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.24
4.57
Tyler Mahle
3.377.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.04
4.19
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Sproat
1.321.61
now 1.53
1.39
Tyler Mahle
1.321.61
now 1.54
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Sproat
4062.60
now 52
45
Tyler Mahle
4062.60
now 57
49
Winshigher is better
Brandon Sproat
.5201.48
now 1
11
Tyler Mahle
.5201.48
now 1
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrandon Sproat — sell.conf 0.77
Buy LowTyler Mahle — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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