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

Robby Ahlstrom.

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

Robby Ahlstrom 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
Robby Ahlstrom
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brock Burke
12.8%
Robby Ahlstrom
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brock Burke
20.3%
Robby Ahlstrom
12.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brock Burke
28.1%
Robby Ahlstrom
27.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brock Burke
30.5%
Robby Ahlstrom
32.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brock Burke
8.6%
Robby Ahlstrom
4.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brock Burke
.326
Robby Ahlstrom
.336
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
25.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.62
3.75
Robby Ahlstrom
25.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brock Burke
.9001.95
now 1.39
1.26
Robby Ahlstrom
.9001.95
now 0.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brock Burke
4045.40
now 27
22
Robby Ahlstrom
4045.40
now 2
33
Winshigher is better
Brock Burke
.0001.48
now 1
01
Robby Ahlstrom
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Brock Burke
.0002.40
now 1
01
Robby Ahlstrom
.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
Hold · wait & seeRobby Ahlstrom — hold.conf 0.50
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