MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
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Portrait of Tyler Mahle
Tyler Mahle
ATL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tyler Mahle.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Brandon Young’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Tyler Mahle wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Brandon Young wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Young
94.4
Tyler Mahle
92.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.5%
Tyler Mahle
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
18.5%
Tyler Mahle
22.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
34.1%
Tyler Mahle
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
39.1%
Tyler Mahle
38.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.6%
Tyler Mahle
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.322
Tyler Mahle
.313
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
2.277.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.28
Tyler Mahle
2.277.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.04
4.11
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.231.63
now 1.37
1.37
Tyler Mahle
1.231.63
now 1.54
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4076.20
now 33
9
Tyler Mahle
4076.20
now 57
13
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.0004.20
now 3
11
Tyler Mahle
.0004.20
now 1
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellBrandon Young — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyTyler Mahle — hold.conf 0.60
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