MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Brendon Little
TOR · P
Change to
Jordan Hicks
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 3 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Brendon Little wins 1 (K); Jordan Hicks wins 1 (SV); 3 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brendon Little
96.4
Jordan Hicks
99.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brendon Little
15.4%
Jordan Hicks
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brendon Little
25.7%
Jordan Hicks
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brendon Little
32.1%
Jordan Hicks
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brendon Little
43.6%
Jordan Hicks
32.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brendon Little
10.3%
Jordan Hicks
1.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brendon Little
.338
Jordan Hicks
.276
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Brendon Little
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 27.00
3.70
Jordan Hicks
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brendon Little
.9002.55
now 3.86
1.24
Jordan Hicks
.9002.55
now 2.09
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brendon Little
4021.60
now 7
16
Jordan Hicks
4021.60
now 15
10
Winshigher is better
Brendon Little
.000.480
now 0
00
Jordan Hicks
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Brendon Little
.0002.40
now 0
0
Jordan Hicks
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrendon Little — hold.conf 0.55
Hold · wait & seeJordan Hicks — hold.conf 0.50
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