MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
Change to
Matthew Boyd
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
◀
ERA
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Brandon Young wins 1 (ERA); Matthew Boyd wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Young
94.4
Matthew Boyd
92.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.9%
Matthew Boyd
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
19.9%
Matthew Boyd
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
33.7%
Matthew Boyd
32.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
39.4%
Matthew Boyd
37.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.8%
Matthew Boyd
7.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.319
Matthew Boyd
.330
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
2.297.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.24
Matthew Boyd
2.297.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
4.46
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.221.44
now 1.37
1.37
Matthew Boyd
1.221.44
now 1.29
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4046.20
now 33
0
Matthew Boyd
4046.20
now 31
0
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.0004.20
now 3
0–0
Matthew Boyd
.0004.20
now 2
0–0

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

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