MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
Change to
Cade Povich
BAL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Brandon Young wins 2 (K, W); Cade Povich wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Young
94.4
Cade Povich
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.5%
Cade Povich
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
19.4%
Cade Povich
14.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
34.3%
Cade Povich
31.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
41.5%
Cade Povich
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.3%
Cade Povich
9.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.320
Cade Povich
.352
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 Young
2.645.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.24
Cade Povich
2.645.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.12
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.231.44
now 1.37
1.35
Cade Povich
1.231.44
now 1.34
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4041.40
now 33
29
Cade Povich
4041.40
now 12
28
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.0005.20
now 3
24
Cade Povich
.0005.20
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellBrandon Young — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeCade Povich — hold.conf 0.50
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