MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Braxton Ashcraft
Braxton Ashcraft
PIT · P
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Portrait of Chase Burns
Chase Burns
CIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chase Burns.

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

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

Chase Burns wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Braxton Ashcraft wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
97.2
Chase Burns
97.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
14.3%
Chase Burns
15.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
27.8%
Chase Burns
28.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
37.2%
Chase Burns
34.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
41.0%
Chase Burns
37.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
6.0%
Chase Burns
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
.283
Chase Burns
.277
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
Braxton Ashcraft
23.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.77
3.28
Chase Burns
23.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.96
3.14
WHIPlower is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.9001.34
now 1.03
1.16
Chase Burns
.9001.34
now 0.96
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
58.6087.40
now 81
65
Chase Burns
58.6087.40
now 72
68
Winshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.60011.40
now 5
36
Chase Burns
.60011.40
now 7
49

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBraxton Ashcraft — buy.conf 0.85
Sell HighChase Burns — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.89
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