MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Brandon Woodruff
MIL · P
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Portrait of Nick Martinez
Nick Martinez
TB · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brandon Woodruff.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Nick Martinez’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Brandon Woodruff wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Nick Martinez wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Woodruff
91.8
Nick Martinez
92.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Woodruff
12.0%
Nick Martinez
8.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Woodruff
27.0%
Nick Martinez
14.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Woodruff
34.3%
Nick Martinez
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Woodruff
34.5%
Nick Martinez
33.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Woodruff
7.8%
Nick Martinez
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Woodruff
.263
Nick Martinez
.316
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 Woodruff
25.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.99
Nick Martinez
25.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.62
4.17
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Woodruff
.9301.38
now 1.03
1.28
Nick Martinez
.9301.38
now 1.11
1.20

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Woodruff
4054.20
now 25
10
Nick Martinez
4054.20
now 41
8
Winshigher is better
Brandon Woodruff
.0007
now 2
01
Nick Martinez
.0007
now 5
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrandon Woodruff — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighNick Martinez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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