MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Braxton Ashcraft
Braxton Ashcraft
PIT · P
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Portrait of Payton Tolle
Payton Tolle
BOS · 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, WHIP, and wins.

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

Braxton Ashcraft wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); Payton Tolle wins 1 (ERA); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
97.1
Payton Tolle
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
13.9%
Payton Tolle
13.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
26.3%
Payton Tolle
25.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
35.5%
Payton Tolle
34.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
38.1%
Payton Tolle
32.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
5.3%
Payton Tolle
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
.272
Payton Tolle
.257
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
2.393.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.77
2.96
Payton Tolle
2.393.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.61
2.64
WHIPlower is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.9001.33
now 1.03
1.19
Payton Tolle
.9001.33
now 0.90
1.21

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
40124.40
now 81
102
Payton Tolle
40124.40
now 46
94
Winshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.00011.80
now 5
49
Payton Tolle
.00011.80
now 2
35

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBraxton Ashcraft — buy.conf 0.92
BuyPayton Tolle — buy.conf 0.92
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