MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Brock Burke
Brock Burke
CIN · P
Change to
Mike Paredes
MIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mike Paredes.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Brock Burke’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brock Burke
96.3
Mike Paredes
93.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brock Burke
12.8%
Mike Paredes
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brock Burke
20.3%
Mike Paredes
13.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brock Burke
28.1%
Mike Paredes
29.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brock Burke
30.5%
Mike Paredes
51.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brock Burke
8.6%
Mike Paredes
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brock Burke
.326
Mike Paredes
.341
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
24.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.62
3.75
Mike Paredes
24.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brock Burke
1.171.46
now 1.39
1.26
Mike Paredes
1.171.46
now 1.36
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brock Burke
4045
now 27
22
Mike Paredes
4045
now 3
33
Winshigher is better
Brock Burke
.0001.48
now 1
01
Mike Paredes
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Brock Burke
.0002.40
now 1
01
Mike Paredes
.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
Sell HighMike Paredes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.69
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