MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Braxton Ashcraft
Braxton Ashcraft
PIT · P
Change to
Portrait of Jacob Misiorowski
Jacob Misiorowski
MIL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob Misiorowski.

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

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

Jacob Misiorowski wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Braxton Ashcraft wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
97.2
Jacob Misiorowski
100.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
14.3%
Jacob Misiorowski
18.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
27.8%
Jacob Misiorowski
39.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
37.2%
Jacob Misiorowski
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
41.0%
Jacob Misiorowski
34.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
6.0%
Jacob Misiorowski
3.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
.283
Jacob Misiorowski
.224
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
23.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.77
3.28
Jacob Misiorowski
23.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.65
2.05
WHIPlower is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.9001.31
now 1.03
1.16
Jacob Misiorowski
.9001.31
now 0.79
0.94

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
47.80125.20
now 81
65
Jacob Misiorowski
47.80125.20
now 108
88
Winshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
1.408.60
now 5
36
Jacob Misiorowski
1.408.60
now 6
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBraxton Ashcraft — buy.conf 0.85
Sell HighJacob Misiorowski — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.82
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