MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Braxton Ashcraft
Braxton Ashcraft
PIT · P
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Portrait of Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Gerrit Cole.

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

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

Gerrit Cole wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Braxton Ashcraft wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
97.2
Gerrit Cole
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
14.0%
Gerrit Cole
10.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
27.0%
Gerrit Cole
25.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
37.2%
Gerrit Cole
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
42.3%
Gerrit Cole
43.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
6.6%
Gerrit Cole
10.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
.292
Gerrit Cole
.291
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
24.96
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.77
3.54
Gerrit Cole
24.96
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.51
WHIPlower is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.9001.37
now 1.03
1.18
Gerrit Cole
.9001.37
now 0.71
1.12

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
40108.60
now 81
60
Gerrit Cole
40108.60
now 12
45
Winshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.0006.60
now 5
25
Gerrit Cole
.0006.60
now 1
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBraxton Ashcraft — buy.conf 0.77
BuyGerrit Cole — buy.conf 0.78
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