MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 17, 2026
Portrait of Braydon Fisher
Braydon Fisher
TOR · P
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Portrait of Mason Montgomery
Mason Montgomery
PIT · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mason Montgomery.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Braydon Fisher’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Mason Montgomery wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Braydon Fisher wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Braydon Fisher
94.8
Mason Montgomery
98.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Braydon Fisher
12.3%
Mason Montgomery
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Braydon Fisher
25.4%
Mason Montgomery
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Braydon Fisher
31.0%
Mason Montgomery
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Braydon Fisher
40.2%
Mason Montgomery
40.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Braydon Fisher
12.8%
Mason Montgomery
9.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Braydon Fisher
.304
Mason Montgomery
.280
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
Braydon Fisher
24.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.48
3.71
Mason Montgomery
24.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.91
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Braydon Fisher
.9001.38
now 0.95
1.26
Mason Montgomery
.9001.38
now 1.26
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Braydon Fisher
4038.60
now 33
26
Mason Montgomery
4038.60
now 30
27
Winshigher is better
Braydon Fisher
.5202.48
now 2
12
Mason Montgomery
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Braydon Fisher
.0002.40
now 1
01
Mason Montgomery
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBraydon Fisher — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.70
Buy LowMason Montgomery — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.88
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