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

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Brooks Raley wins 1 (W); Robby Ahlstrom wins 1 (K); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brooks Raley
90.1
Robby Ahlstrom
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
11.0%
Robby Ahlstrom
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
24.7%
Robby Ahlstrom
12.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
30.3%
Robby Ahlstrom
27.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brooks Raley
32.3%
Robby Ahlstrom
32.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brooks Raley
5.2%
Robby Ahlstrom
4.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brooks Raley
.297
Robby Ahlstrom
.336
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
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.61
3.70
Robby Ahlstrom
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brooks Raley
.9001.75
now 1.25
1.24
Robby Ahlstrom
.9001.75
now 0.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brooks Raley
4045.40
now 26
24
Robby Ahlstrom
4045.40
now 2
33
Winshigher is better
Brooks Raley
.0001.48
now 1
01
Robby Ahlstrom
.0001.48
now 0
00

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 & seeRobby Ahlstrom — hold.conf 0.50
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