MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Braxton Ashcraft
Braxton Ashcraft
PIT · P
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Portrait of Logan Gilbert
Logan Gilbert
SEA · 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); Logan Gilbert 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
Logan Gilbert
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
13.9%
Logan Gilbert
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
26.6%
Logan Gilbert
26.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
37.8%
Logan Gilbert
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
40.8%
Logan Gilbert
42.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
6.3%
Logan Gilbert
10.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
.290
Logan Gilbert
.296
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
2.404.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.77
3.48
Logan Gilbert
2.404.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.69
3.63
WHIPlower is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.9601.27
now 1.03
1.20
Logan Gilbert
.9601.27
now 1.11
1.10

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
4093.40
now 81
55
Logan Gilbert
4093.40
now 69
50
Winshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.0006.60
now 5
25
Logan Gilbert
.0006.60
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBraxton Ashcraft — buy.conf 0.79
BuyLogan Gilbert — buy.conf 0.74
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