MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 30, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
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Portrait of Jack Leiter
Jack Leiter
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brandon Young.

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

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

Brandon Young wins 2 categories (ERA, W); Jack Leiter wins 1 (K); 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 Leiter
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.7%
Jack Leiter
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
18.3%
Jack Leiter
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
35.1%
Jack Leiter
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
41.3%
Jack Leiter
39.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.7%
Jack Leiter
10.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.319
Jack Leiter
.337
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
2.884.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.17
Jack Leiter
2.884.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.52
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.261.44
now 1.37
1.37
Jack Leiter
1.261.44
now 1.33
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
40105.80
now 33
52
Jack Leiter
40105.80
now 74
85
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.0009
now 3
37
Jack Leiter
.0009
now 3
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Young — hold.conf 0.60
SellJack Leiter — sell.conf 0.75
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