MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Brent Headrick
Brent Headrick
NYY · P
Change to
Jordan Romano
COL · 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 — ERA, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brent Headrick
94.3
Jordan Romano
94.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
17.8%
Jordan Romano
12.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
29.5%
Jordan Romano
29.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
34.1%
Jordan Romano
29.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
36.6%
Jordan Romano
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
4.6%
Jordan Romano
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brent Headrick
.263
Jordan Romano
.318
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
2.84
Jordan Romano
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brent Headrick
.9002.32
now 1.37
1.21
Jordan Romano
.9002.32
now 2.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brent Headrick
4035
now 29
19
Jordan Romano
4035
now 14
22
Winshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.0004.20
now 3
13
Jordan Romano
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.00011.20
now 0
0
Jordan Romano
.00011.20
now 4
48
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrent Headrick — buy.conf 0.92
Buy LowJordan Romano — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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