MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Brennan Bernardino
Brennan Bernardino
COL · P
Change to
Portrait of Kirby Yates
Kirby Yates
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kirby Yates.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and saves. Brennan Bernardino’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Kirby Yates wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Brennan Bernardino wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brennan Bernardino
90.5
Kirby Yates
90.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brennan Bernardino
10.0%
Kirby Yates
18.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brennan Bernardino
15.9%
Kirby Yates
32.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brennan Bernardino
26.2%
Kirby Yates
37.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brennan Bernardino
29.3%
Kirby Yates
53.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brennan Bernardino
4.9%
Kirby Yates
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brennan Bernardino
.314
Kirby Yates
.279
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
Brennan Bernardino
3.454.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.70
3.72
Kirby Yates
3.454.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brennan Bernardino
1.131.32
now 1.23
1.25
Kirby Yates
1.131.32
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brennan Bernardino
4028.60
now 18
21
Kirby Yates
4028.60
now 10
23
Winshigher is better
Brennan Bernardino
.0004.20
now 2
13
Kirby Yates
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Brennan Bernardino
.0005.60
now 0
0
Kirby Yates
.0005.60
now 1
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrennan Bernardino — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
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