MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Brent Headrick
Brent Headrick
NYY · P
Change to
Tyler Zuber
MIA · 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 — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Brent Headrick wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Tyler Zuber wins 1 (SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brent Headrick
94.3
Tyler Zuber
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
17.3%
Tyler Zuber
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
29.5%
Tyler Zuber
27.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
33.3%
Tyler Zuber
33.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
37.7%
Tyler Zuber
48.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
4.1%
Tyler Zuber
3.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brent Headrick
.267
Tyler Zuber
.282
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
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
2.93
Tyler Zuber
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brent Headrick
1.111.61
now 1.37
1.22
Tyler Zuber
1.111.61
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brent Headrick
4039.80
now 29
16
Tyler Zuber
4039.80
now 2
14
Winshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.0004.20
now 3
12
Tyler Zuber
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.00018.20
now 0
0
Tyler Zuber
.00018.20
now 1
313
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrent Headrick — buy.conf 0.92
Buy LowTyler Zuber — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.81
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