MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Brandon Woodruff
MIL · P
Change to
Ronel Blanco
HOU · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brandon Woodruff.

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

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

Brandon Woodruff wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Ronel Blanco wins 1 (K); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Woodruff
91.8
Ronel Blanco
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Woodruff
12.0%
Ronel Blanco
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Woodruff
27.0%
Ronel Blanco
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Woodruff
34.3%
Ronel Blanco
30.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Woodruff
34.5%
Ronel Blanco
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Woodruff
7.8%
Ronel Blanco
13.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Woodruff
.263
Ronel Blanco
.358
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.99
Ronel Blanco
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.71
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Woodruff
.9201.41
now 1.03
1.28
Ronel Blanco
.9201.41
now 1.07
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Woodruff
4073.80
now 25
29
Ronel Blanco
4073.80
now 8
55
Winshigher is better
Brandon Woodruff
.0004.20
now 2
13
Ronel Blanco
.0004.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrandon Woodruff — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRonel Blanco — hold.conf 0.50
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