MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
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Portrait of Roki Sasaki
Roki Sasaki
LAD · P
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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 (ERA, W); Roki Sasaki wins 2 (K, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Young
94.3
Roki Sasaki
97.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.5%
Roki Sasaki
14.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
19.0%
Roki Sasaki
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
34.8%
Roki Sasaki
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
42.2%
Roki Sasaki
44.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.0%
Roki Sasaki
12.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.317
Roki Sasaki
.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
2.855.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.18
Roki Sasaki
2.855.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
4.41
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.261.44
now 1.37
1.36
Roki Sasaki
1.261.44
now 1.35
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4056.80
now 33
38
Roki Sasaki
4056.80
now 50
49
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.8006.20
now 3
25
Roki Sasaki
.8006.20
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Young — hold.conf 0.60
SellRoki Sasaki — sell.conf 0.69
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