MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
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Portrait of Shane Baz
Shane Baz
BAL · 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 — WHIP and wins.

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

Brandon Young wins 2 categories (WHIP, W); Shane Baz wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Young
94.3
Shane Baz
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.5%
Shane Baz
10.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
19.0%
Shane Baz
20.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
34.8%
Shane Baz
30.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
42.2%
Shane Baz
42.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.0%
Shane Baz
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.317
Shane Baz
.318
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
2.904.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.18
Shane Baz
2.904.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.48
4.20
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.291.50
now 1.37
1.36
Shane Baz
1.291.50
now 1.43
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4066.60
now 33
38
Shane Baz
4066.60
now 57
51
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.0006.60
now 3
25
Shane Baz
.0006.60
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Young — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyShane Baz — hold.conf 0.60
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