MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Brennan Bernardino
Brennan Bernardino
COL · P
Change to
Portrait of Mason Montgomery
Mason Montgomery
PIT · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mason Montgomery.

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

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

Mason Montgomery wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Brennan Bernardino 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
Brennan Bernardino
90.5
Mason Montgomery
98.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brennan Bernardino
10.7%
Mason Montgomery
15.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brennan Bernardino
17.6%
Mason Montgomery
35.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brennan Bernardino
26.6%
Mason Montgomery
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brennan Bernardino
29.2%
Mason Montgomery
39.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brennan Bernardino
4.6%
Mason Montgomery
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brennan Bernardino
.306
Mason Montgomery
.274
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
3.464.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.70
3.71
Mason Montgomery
3.464.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.91
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Brennan Bernardino
1.161.33
now 1.23
1.24
Mason Montgomery
1.161.33
now 1.26
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brennan Bernardino
4035.60
now 18
16
Mason Montgomery
4035.60
now 30
24
Winshigher is better
Brennan Bernardino
.0002.80
now 2
12
Mason Montgomery
.0002.80
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrennan Bernardino — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowMason Montgomery — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.85
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