MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Brent Headrick
Brent Headrick
NYY · P
Change to
Chase Dollander
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Brent Headrick wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Chase Dollander wins 2 (K, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brent Headrick
94.3
Chase Dollander
98.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
17.9%
Chase Dollander
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
28.4%
Chase Dollander
24.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
34.1%
Chase Dollander
27.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
36.2%
Chase Dollander
52.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
4.7%
Chase Dollander
9.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brent Headrick
.265
Chase Dollander
.307
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
Brent Headrick
24.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
2.89
Chase Dollander
24.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.89
3.75
WHIPlower is better
Brent Headrick
1.181.44
now 1.37
1.25
Chase Dollander
1.181.44
now 1.30
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brent Headrick
4057
now 29
22
Chase Dollander
4057
now 47
43
Winshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.0006.60
now 3
14
Chase Dollander
.0006.60
now 3
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrent Headrick — buy.conf 0.92
Hold · wait & seeChase Dollander — hold.conf 0.50
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