MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Brent Suter
Brent Suter
LAA · P
Change to
Kyle Backhus
PHI · P
Change to
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 Suter wins 2 (K, W); Kyle Backhus wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brent Suter
87.4
Kyle Backhus
90.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brent Suter
10.5%
Kyle Backhus
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brent Suter
21.5%
Kyle Backhus
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brent Suter
29.5%
Kyle Backhus
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brent Suter
31.1%
Kyle Backhus
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brent Suter
6.8%
Kyle Backhus
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brent Suter
.322
Kyle Backhus
.304
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 Suter
3.325.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
4.13
Kyle Backhus
3.325.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.66
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brent Suter
1.171.34
now 1.27
1.27
Kyle Backhus
1.171.34
now 1.24
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brent Suter
4035.20
now 28
17
Kyle Backhus
4035.20
now 10
15
Winshigher is better
Brent Suter
.0001.48
now 1
01
Kyle Backhus
.0001.48
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellBrent Suter — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowKyle Backhus — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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