MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Brent Headrick
Brent Headrick
NYY · P
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Portrait of Juan Mejia
Juan Mejia
COL · 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.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brent Headrick
94.2
Juan Mejia
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
17.8%
Juan Mejia
13.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
27.7%
Juan Mejia
23.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
33.9%
Juan Mejia
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
37.1%
Juan Mejia
39.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
4.8%
Juan Mejia
4.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brent Headrick
.270
Juan Mejia
.317
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
27.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
3.65
Juan Mejia
27.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Brent Headrick
1.061.88
now 1.37
1.24
Juan Mejia
1.061.88
now 1.70
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brent Headrick
4035.60
now 29
23
Juan Mejia
4035.60
now 30
26
Winshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.0005.20
now 3
14
Juan Mejia
.0005.20
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.0004.40
now 0
0
Juan Mejia
.0004.40
now 3
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrent Headrick — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJuan Mejia — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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