MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Brooks Raley
Brooks Raley
PHI · P
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Portrait of Nate Pearson
Nate Pearson
KC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brooks Raley.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and wins. Nate Pearson’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

Brooks Raley wins 2 categories (K, W); Nate Pearson wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brooks Raley
90.1
Nate Pearson
97.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
10.9%
Nate Pearson
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
23.9%
Nate Pearson
17.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
31.0%
Nate Pearson
28.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brooks Raley
30.2%
Nate Pearson
35.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brooks Raley
5.2%
Nate Pearson
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brooks Raley
.289
Nate Pearson
.328
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
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.61
3.69
Nate Pearson
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brooks Raley
1.021.32
now 1.25
1.24
Nate Pearson
1.021.32
now 1.09
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brooks Raley
4035.60
now 26
17
Nate Pearson
4035.60
now 2
8
Winshigher is better
Brooks Raley
.0001.48
now 1
01
Nate Pearson
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Brooks Raley
.0008.40
now 0
0
Nate Pearson
.0008.40
now 1
16
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrooks Raley — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighNate Pearson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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