MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 6, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
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Portrait of Jack Flaherty
Jack Flaherty
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jack Flaherty.

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

Jack Flaherty wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Brandon Young wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Young
94.3
Jack Flaherty
92.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.5%
Jack Flaherty
12.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
18.5%
Jack Flaherty
26.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
34.6%
Jack Flaherty
28.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
41.7%
Jack Flaherty
47.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.2%
Jack Flaherty
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.322
Jack Flaherty
.321
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
2.376.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.25
Jack Flaherty
2.376.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.23
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.271.71
now 1.37
1.39
Jack Flaherty
1.271.71
now 1.61
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4097.40
now 33
48
Jack Flaherty
4097.40
now 64
79
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.0008.40
now 3
36
Jack Flaherty
.0008.40
now 0
00

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 · leans sellJack Flaherty — hold.conf 0.60
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