MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Brent Headrick
Brent Headrick
NYY · P
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Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · P
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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 (K, ERA); Trent Thornton wins 2 (WHIP, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brent Headrick
94.1
Trent Thornton
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
16.4%
Trent Thornton
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
26.2%
Trent Thornton
10.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
31.9%
Trent Thornton
25.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
36.6%
Trent Thornton
43.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
4.3%
Trent Thornton
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brent Headrick
.282
Trent Thornton
.350
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
24.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
3.67
Trent Thornton
24.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brent Headrick
.9001.57
now 1.37
1.25
Trent Thornton
.9001.57
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brent Headrick
4048
now 29
36
Trent Thornton
4048
now 6
24
Winshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.0009
now 3
25
Trent Thornton
.0009
now 2
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrent Headrick — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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