MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 14, 2026
Portrait of Braxton Ashcraft
Braxton Ashcraft
PIT · P
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Portrait of Michael Soroka
Michael Soroka
AZ · 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 WHIP.

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

Braxton Ashcraft wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Michael Soroka wins 1 (W); 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
Michael Soroka
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
14.3%
Michael Soroka
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
27.8%
Michael Soroka
23.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
37.2%
Michael Soroka
33.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
41.0%
Michael Soroka
34.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
6.0%
Michael Soroka
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
.283
Michael Soroka
.309
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
2.294.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.77
3.28
Michael Soroka
2.294.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.25
3.96
WHIPlower is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.9601.27
now 1.03
1.16
Michael Soroka
.9601.27
now 1.20
1.19

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
50.2089.80
now 81
70
Michael Soroka
50.2089.80
now 60
59
Winshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.20012.80
now 5
36
Michael Soroka
.20012.80
now 7
510

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBraxton Ashcraft — buy.conf 0.85
Hold · steadyMichael Soroka — hold.conf 0.60
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