MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 20, 2026
Portrait of Braxton Ashcraft
Braxton Ashcraft
PIT · P
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Portrait of Kevin Gausman
Kevin Gausman
TOR · 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 — strikeouts, ERA, and wins.

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

Braxton Ashcraft wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Kevin Gausman wins 1 (WHIP); 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
97.1
Kevin Gausman
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
13.9%
Kevin Gausman
14.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
26.3%
Kevin Gausman
24.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
35.5%
Kevin Gausman
35.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
38.1%
Kevin Gausman
36.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
5.3%
Kevin Gausman
7.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
.272
Kevin Gausman
.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
2.553.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.77
2.96
Kevin Gausman
2.553.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.13
3.24
WHIPlower is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.9601.26
now 1.03
1.19
Kevin Gausman
.9601.26
now 1.09
1.13

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
52115
now 81
101
Kevin Gausman
52115
now 66
86
Winshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.60011.40
now 5
49
Kevin Gausman
.60011.40
now 4
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBraxton Ashcraft — buy.conf 0.92
BuyKevin Gausman — buy.conf 0.86
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