MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Brooks Raley
Brooks Raley
NYM · P
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Portrait of Graham Ashcraft
Graham Ashcraft
CIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Brooks Raley wins 2 (K, WHIP); Graham Ashcraft wins 2 (ERA, SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brooks Raley
90.1
Graham Ashcraft
98.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
10.8%
Graham Ashcraft
14.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
24.1%
Graham Ashcraft
29.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
30.6%
Graham Ashcraft
33.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brooks Raley
30.5%
Graham Ashcraft
36.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brooks Raley
4.8%
Graham Ashcraft
6.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brooks Raley
.290
Graham Ashcraft
.286
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
Brooks Raley
24.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.61
3.70
Graham Ashcraft
24.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Brooks Raley
1.151.33
now 1.25
1.24
Graham Ashcraft
1.151.33
now 1.22
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brooks Raley
4038
now 26
21
Graham Ashcraft
4038
now 32
17
Winshigher is better
Brooks Raley
.0001.48
now 1
01
Graham Ashcraft
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Brooks Raley
.0002.40
now 0
0
Graham Ashcraft
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrooks Raley — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeGraham Ashcraft — hold.conf 0.50
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