MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
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Portrait of Robbie Ray
Robbie Ray
SD · 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 WHIP.

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

Brandon Young wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Robbie Ray 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
Robbie Ray
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.7%
Robbie Ray
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
19.4%
Robbie Ray
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
33.8%
Robbie Ray
28.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
40.9%
Robbie Ray
37.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.4%
Robbie Ray
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.319
Robbie Ray
.329
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
2.914.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.21
Robbie Ray
2.914.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.45
4.41
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.291.48
now 1.37
1.36
Robbie Ray
1.291.48
now 1.40
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4071.80
now 33
27
Robbie Ray
4071.80
now 59
39
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.2003.80
now 3
23
Robbie Ray
.2003.80
now 3
13

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 HighRobbie Ray — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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