MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
Change to
Dean Kremer
BAL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dean Kremer.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Brandon Young’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Dean Kremer 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
Dean Kremer
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.5%
Dean Kremer
14.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
18.5%
Dean Kremer
27.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
34.8%
Dean Kremer
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
42.6%
Dean Kremer
34.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.1%
Dean Kremer
12.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.319
Dean Kremer
.327
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
3.014.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.20
Dean Kremer
3.014.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
.9001.57
now 1.37
1.38
Dean Kremer
.9001.57
now 0.91
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4077.60
now 33
44
Dean Kremer
4077.60
now 16
60
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.0008.40
now 3
36
Dean Kremer
.0008.40
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Young — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighDean Kremer — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.71
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