MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Brendon Little
TOR · P
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Portrait of Trevor Richards
Trevor Richards
CWS · 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 WHIP. Trevor Richards’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Brendon Little wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Trevor Richards wins 1 (ERA); 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
Trevor Richards
92.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brendon Little
15.4%
Trevor Richards
11.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brendon Little
25.7%
Trevor Richards
23.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brendon Little
32.1%
Trevor Richards
29.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brendon Little
43.6%
Trevor Richards
39.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brendon Little
10.3%
Trevor Richards
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brendon Little
.338
Trevor Richards
.292
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
Trevor Richards
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.63
3.53
WHIPlower is better
Brendon Little
.9002.55
now 3.86
1.24
Trevor Richards
.9002.55
now 1.19
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brendon Little
4021.60
now 7
16
Trevor Richards
4021.60
now 14
14
Winshigher is better
Brendon Little
.000.480
now 0
00
Trevor Richards
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrendon Little — hold.conf 0.55
BuyTrevor Richards — buy.conf 0.77
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