MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Brent Headrick
Brent Headrick
NYY · P
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Portrait of Orion Kerkering
Orion Kerkering
PHI · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Orion Kerkering.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brent Headrick
94.3
Orion Kerkering
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
17.9%
Orion Kerkering
12.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
28.4%
Orion Kerkering
26.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
34.1%
Orion Kerkering
28.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
36.2%
Orion Kerkering
25.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
4.7%
Orion Kerkering
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brent Headrick
.265
Orion Kerkering
.264
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
24.37
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
2.89
Orion Kerkering
24.37
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Brent Headrick
1.031.47
now 1.37
1.25
Orion Kerkering
1.031.47
now 1.13
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brent Headrick
4034.60
now 29
22
Orion Kerkering
4034.60
now 23
21
Winshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.0005.20
now 3
14
Orion Kerkering
.0005.20
now 3
24
Saveshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.0003.40
now 0
0
Orion Kerkering
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrent Headrick — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighOrion Kerkering — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.75
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