MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Brooks Raley
Brooks Raley
PHI · P
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Portrait of Pierce Johnson
Pierce Johnson
CIN · P
Change to
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 ERA.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Brooks Raley wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Pierce Johnson wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brooks Raley
90.3
Pierce Johnson
95.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
11.0%
Pierce Johnson
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
23.6%
Pierce Johnson
19.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
31.2%
Pierce Johnson
34.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brooks Raley
30.2%
Pierce Johnson
37.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brooks Raley
5.8%
Pierce Johnson
10.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brooks Raley
.297
Pierce Johnson
.347
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
Brooks Raley
24.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.61
3.67
Pierce Johnson
24.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.27
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Brooks Raley
1.161.34
now 1.25
1.27
Pierce Johnson
1.161.34
now 1.23
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brooks Raley
4034.40
now 26
6
Pierce Johnson
4034.40
now 20
5
Winshigher is better
Brooks Raley
.0002.80
now 1
00
Pierce Johnson
.0002.80
now 2
01

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

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 & seePierce Johnson — hold.conf 0.50
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