MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 5, 2026
Portrait of Brent Headrick
Brent Headrick
NYY · P
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Portrait of Jack Perkins
Jack Perkins
ATH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brent Headrick.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and wins. Jack Perkins’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Brent Headrick wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Jack Perkins wins 2 (K, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brent Headrick
94.1
Jack Perkins
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
17.5%
Jack Perkins
13.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
26.0%
Jack Perkins
27.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
33.0%
Jack Perkins
34.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
38.4%
Jack Perkins
38.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
5.4%
Jack Perkins
7.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brent Headrick
.283
Jack Perkins
.313
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
26.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
3.67
Jack Perkins
26.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.46
3.94
WHIPlower is better
Brent Headrick
1.141.44
now 1.37
1.24
Jack Perkins
1.141.44
now 1.21
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brent Headrick
4040.60
now 29
30
Jack Perkins
4040.60
now 33
35
Winshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.0006.60
now 3
25
Jack Perkins
.0006.60
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.0005.60
now 0
0
Jack Perkins
.0005.60
now 3
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrent Headrick — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJack Perkins — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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