MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
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Portrait of Janson Junk
Janson Junk
MIA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Janson Junk.

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

Janson Junk 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
Janson Junk
94.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.5%
Janson Junk
8.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
19.3%
Janson Junk
18.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
34.5%
Janson Junk
28.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
41.8%
Janson Junk
41.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
5.7%
Janson Junk
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.313
Janson Junk
.310
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
2.775.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.10
Janson Junk
2.775.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.80
4.01
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.231.44
now 1.37
1.35
Janson Junk
1.231.44
now 1.30
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4048.60
now 33
33
Janson Junk
4048.60
now 43
34
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
1.204.80
now 3
24
Janson Junk
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
Hold · steadyJanson Junk — hold.conf 0.60
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