MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
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Portrait of Eduardo Rodriguez
Eduardo Rodriguez
AZ · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Eduardo Rodriguez.

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

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

Eduardo Rodriguez wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Brandon Young wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Young
94.3
Eduardo Rodriguez
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.5%
Eduardo Rodriguez
9.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
18.5%
Eduardo Rodriguez
17.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
34.8%
Eduardo Rodriguez
28.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
42.6%
Eduardo Rodriguez
37.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.1%
Eduardo Rodriguez
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.319
Eduardo Rodriguez
.345
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
25.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.19
Eduardo Rodriguez
25.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.24
4.72
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.111.46
now 1.37
1.38
Eduardo Rodriguez
1.111.46
now 1.19
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4059.60
now 33
39
Eduardo Rodriguez
4059.60
now 52
47
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.4007.60
now 3
25
Eduardo Rodriguez
.4007.60
now 5
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Young — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighEduardo Rodriguez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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