MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Brent Headrick
Brent Headrick
NYY · P
Change to
Jesse Scholtens
TB · 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); Jesse Scholtens 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
94.2
Jesse Scholtens
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
18.1%
Jesse Scholtens
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
28.9%
Jesse Scholtens
18.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
34.2%
Jesse Scholtens
29.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
35.9%
Jesse Scholtens
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
4.7%
Jesse Scholtens
10.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brent Headrick
.262
Jesse Scholtens
.346
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
24.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
2.83
Jesse Scholtens
24.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.82
3.93
WHIPlower is better
Brent Headrick
1.161.44
now 1.37
1.23
Jesse Scholtens
1.161.44
now 1.27
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brent Headrick
4037.60
now 29
22
Jesse Scholtens
4037.60
now 30
32
Winshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.00010.80
now 3
13
Jesse Scholtens
.00010.80
now 5
38

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrent Headrick — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighJesse Scholtens — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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