MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Brandon Williamson
CIN · P
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Cole Ragans
KC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cole Ragans.

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

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

Cole Ragans wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Brandon Williamson wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
92.5
Cole Ragans
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
10.4%
Cole Ragans
14.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
14.8%
Cole Ragans
29.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
24.6%
Cole Ragans
27.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Williamson
41.9%
Cole Ragans
39.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Williamson
10.5%
Cole Ragans
15.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Williamson
.389
Cole Ragans
.344
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 Williamson
3.486.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.11
4.29
Cole Ragans
3.486.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.84
4.23
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Williamson
1.211.76
now 1.64
1.34
Cole Ragans
1.211.76
now 1.42
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Williamson
4086.20
now 19
41
Cole Ragans
4086.20
now 45
67
Winshigher is better
Brandon Williamson
.0006.60
now 2
25
Cole Ragans
.0006.60
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrandon Williamson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.80
Hold · wait & seeCole Ragans — hold.conf 0.50
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