MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Brock Burke
Brock Burke
CIN · P
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Portrait of Juan Mejia
Juan Mejia
COL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Juan Mejia.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Juan Mejia wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Brock Burke wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brock Burke
96.2
Juan Mejia
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brock Burke
12.8%
Juan Mejia
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brock Burke
19.7%
Juan Mejia
22.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brock Burke
27.8%
Juan Mejia
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brock Burke
31.8%
Juan Mejia
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brock Burke
8.3%
Juan Mejia
3.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brock Burke
.329
Juan Mejia
.316
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
Brock Burke
2.676.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.62
4.28
Juan Mejia
2.676.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
4.03
WHIPlower is better
Brock Burke
1.271.82
now 1.39
1.50
Juan Mejia
1.271.82
now 1.70
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brock Burke
4035.60
now 27
21
Juan Mejia
4035.60
now 30
24
Winshigher is better
Brock Burke
.0001.48
now 1
01
Juan Mejia
.0001.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Brock Burke
.0004.40
now 1
01
Juan Mejia
.0004.40
now 3
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrock Burke — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Buy LowJuan Mejia — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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