MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Brendon Little
TOR · P
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Portrait of Taylor Clarke
Taylor Clarke
AZ · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brendon Little.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Taylor Clarke’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 n/a

Brendon Little wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Taylor Clarke wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brendon Little
96.4
Taylor Clarke
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brendon Little
15.4%
Taylor Clarke
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brendon Little
25.7%
Taylor Clarke
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brendon Little
32.1%
Taylor Clarke
30.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brendon Little
43.6%
Taylor Clarke
31.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brendon Little
10.3%
Taylor Clarke
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brendon Little
.338
Taylor Clarke
.305
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
Brendon Little
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 27.00
3.70
Taylor Clarke
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.80
3.81
WHIPlower is better
Brendon Little
.9002.55
now 3.86
1.24
Taylor Clarke
.9002.55
now 0.68
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brendon Little
4021.60
now 7
16
Taylor Clarke
4021.60
now 12
8
Winshigher is better
Brendon Little
.0002.80
now 0
00
Taylor Clarke
.0002.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrendon Little — hold.conf 0.55
Sell HighTaylor Clarke — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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