MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Brock Burke
Brock Burke
CIN · P
Change to
Kyle Backhus
PHI · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brock Burke.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Brock Burke wins 3 categories (K, W, SV); Kyle Backhus wins 2 (ERA, WHIP).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brock Burke
96.2
Kyle Backhus
90.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brock Burke
12.9%
Kyle Backhus
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brock Burke
20.0%
Kyle Backhus
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brock Burke
28.7%
Kyle Backhus
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brock Burke
30.5%
Kyle Backhus
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brock Burke
7.8%
Kyle Backhus
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brock Burke
.320
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
Brock Burke
3.205.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.62
4.09
Kyle Backhus
3.205.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.66
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brock Burke
1.151.56
now 1.39
1.47
Kyle Backhus
1.151.56
now 1.24
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brock Burke
4033.80
now 27
19
Kyle Backhus
4033.80
now 10
15
Winshigher is better
Brock Burke
.0001.48
now 1
01
Kyle Backhus
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Brock Burke
.0002.40
now 1
01
Kyle Backhus
.0002.40
now 0
0
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 LowKyle Backhus — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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