MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 23, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
Change to
JR Ritchie
ATL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Brandon Young wins 2 (K, W); JR Ritchie wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Young
94.2
JR Ritchie
94.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
10.6%
JR Ritchie
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
17.1%
JR Ritchie
19.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
34.0%
JR Ritchie
26.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
41.7%
JR Ritchie
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.6%
JR Ritchie
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.321
JR Ritchie
.341
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
2.875.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.20
JR Ritchie
2.875.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.56
4.14
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.251.51
now 1.37
1.38
JR Ritchie
1.251.51
now 1.44
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4074.20
now 33
59
JR Ritchie
4074.20
now 21
57
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.0009.40
now 3
37
JR Ritchie
.0009.40
now 1
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrandon Young — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeJR Ritchie — hold.conf 0.50
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