MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
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Portrait of Dustin May
Dustin May
STL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dustin May.

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

Dustin May 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
Dustin May
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.5%
Dustin May
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
19.3%
Dustin May
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
34.5%
Dustin May
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
41.8%
Dustin May
46.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
5.7%
Dustin May
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.313
Dustin May
.308
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
2.865.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.11
Dustin May
2.865.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.98
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.231.44
now 1.37
1.35
Dustin May
1.231.44
now 1.30
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4058.20
now 33
34
Dustin May
4058.20
now 51
40
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
1.204.80
now 3
24
Dustin May
1.204.80
now 3
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Young — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowDustin May — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.78
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