MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
Change to
Tarik Skubal
LAD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tarik Skubal.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

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

Tarik Skubal wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Brandon Young wins 0 (none); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Young
94.4
Tarik Skubal
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.5%
Tarik Skubal
17.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
19.4%
Tarik Skubal
31.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
34.3%
Tarik Skubal
36.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
41.5%
Tarik Skubal
36.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.3%
Tarik Skubal
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.320
Tarik Skubal
.269
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
2.084.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.24
Tarik Skubal
2.084.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
2.98
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
.9001.54
now 1.37
1.35
Tarik Skubal
.9001.54
now 0.95
1.00

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4051
now 33
30
Tarik Skubal
4051
now 45
42
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
1.204.80
now 3
24
Tarik Skubal
1.204.80
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellBrandon Young — hold.conf 0.60
BuyTarik Skubal — buy.conf 0.92
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