MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Brent Headrick
Brent Headrick
NYY · P
Change to
Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brent Headrick.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Brent Headrick wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Daniel Palencia wins 1 (SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brent Headrick
94.3
Daniel Palencia
99.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
17.4%
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
28.9%
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
33.3%
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
37.3%
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
4.2%
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brent Headrick
.268
Daniel Palencia
.300
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
24.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
2.96
Daniel Palencia
24.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brent Headrick
1.141.55
now 1.37
1.23
Daniel Palencia
1.141.55
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brent Headrick
4035.80
now 29
17
Daniel Palencia
4035.80
now 12
14
Winshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.2003.80
now 3
13
Daniel Palencia
.2003.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.0007
now 0
0
Daniel Palencia
.0007
now 3
25
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrent Headrick — buy.conf 0.92
Hold · wait & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
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