MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Braxton Ashcraft
Braxton Ashcraft
PIT · P
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Portrait of Cristopher Sánchez
Cristopher Sánchez
PHI · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cristopher Sánchez.

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

Cristopher Sánchez 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
Cristopher Sánchez
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
13.8%
Cristopher Sánchez
16.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
26.6%
Cristopher Sánchez
27.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
37.4%
Cristopher Sánchez
38.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
40.8%
Cristopher Sánchez
43.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
6.0%
Cristopher Sánchez
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
.286
Cristopher Sánchez
.284
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
24.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.77
3.38
Cristopher Sánchez
24.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.47
3.33
WHIPlower is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.9601.28
now 1.03
1.19
Cristopher Sánchez
.9601.28
now 1.12
1.21

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
40113.40
now 81
49
Cristopher Sánchez
40113.40
now 95
54
Winshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.4007.60
now 5
24
Cristopher Sánchez
.4007.60
now 6
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBraxton Ashcraft — buy.conf 0.82
BuyCristopher Sánchez — buy.conf 0.83
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