MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Braxton Ashcraft
Braxton Ashcraft
PIT · P
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Portrait of Joe Ryan
Joe Ryan
MIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Braxton Ashcraft.

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

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

Braxton Ashcraft wins 1 categories (ERA); Joe Ryan 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
Braxton Ashcraft
97.3
Joe Ryan
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
13.3%
Joe Ryan
12.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
25.9%
Joe Ryan
26.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
37.0%
Joe Ryan
32.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
41.6%
Joe Ryan
41.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
6.2%
Joe Ryan
10.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
.287
Joe Ryan
.290
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
2.483.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.77
3.42
Joe Ryan
2.483.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.49
WHIPlower is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.9001.21
now 1.03
1.14
Joe Ryan
.9001.21
now 0.97
1.14

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
40107.40
now 81
15
Joe Ryan
40107.40
now 79
15
Winshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.0007
now 5
11
Joe Ryan
.0007
now 4
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBraxton Ashcraft — buy.conf 0.80
BuyJoe Ryan — buy.conf 0.78
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