MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
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Portrait of Christian Scott
Christian Scott
NYM · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Christian Scott.

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

Christian Scott wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Brandon Young wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Young
94.3
Christian Scott
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.5%
Christian Scott
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
19.0%
Christian Scott
28.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
34.8%
Christian Scott
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
42.2%
Christian Scott
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.0%
Christian Scott
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.317
Christian Scott
.314
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 Young
2.494.66
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.18
Christian Scott
2.494.66
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.97
4.12
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.241.45
now 1.37
1.36
Christian Scott
1.241.45
now 1.38
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4059.60
now 33
38
Christian Scott
4059.60
now 38
52
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.0006.60
now 3
25
Christian Scott
.0006.60
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Young — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyChristian Scott — hold.conf 0.60
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