MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Brandyn Garcia
Brandyn Garcia
AZ · P
Change to
Kyle Backhus
PHI · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kyle Backhus.

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

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

Kyle Backhus wins 1 categories (K); Brandyn Garcia wins 0 (none); 3 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
97.3
Kyle Backhus
90.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
11.3%
Kyle Backhus
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
30.6%
Kyle Backhus
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
28.3%
Kyle Backhus
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandyn Garcia
32.2%
Kyle Backhus
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandyn Garcia
1.7%
Kyle Backhus
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandyn Garcia
.213
Kyle Backhus
.304
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
Brandyn Garcia
26.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.75
3.70
Kyle Backhus
26.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.66
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brandyn Garcia
.9001.40
now 0.83
1.24
Kyle Backhus
.9001.40
now 1.24
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandyn Garcia
4020.60
now 11
14
Kyle Backhus
4020.60
now 10
15
Winshigher is better
Brandyn Garcia
.000.480
now 0
00
Kyle Backhus
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrandyn Garcia — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowKyle Backhus — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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