MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Bryan Baker
Bryan Baker
TB · P
Change to
Portrait of Riley O'Brien
Riley O'Brien
STL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Bryan Baker.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Bryan Baker wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Riley O'Brien wins 1 (W); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan Baker
97.1
Riley O'Brien
98.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan Baker
16.3%
Riley O'Brien
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan Baker
29.3%
Riley O'Brien
23.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan Baker
36.1%
Riley O'Brien
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan Baker
31.0%
Riley O'Brien
38.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan Baker
5.7%
Riley O'Brien
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan Baker
.246
Riley O'Brien
.323
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
Bryan Baker
24.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.22
3.65
Riley O'Brien
24.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Bryan Baker
.9001.34
now 1.07
1.24
Riley O'Brien
.9001.34
now 0.99
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan Baker
4034.60
now 29
24
Riley O'Brien
4034.60
now 27
23
Winshigher is better
Bryan Baker
.0005.20
now 1
11
Riley O'Brien
.0005.20
now 3
24
Saveshigher is better
Bryan Baker
422
now 16
1018
Riley O'Brien
422
now 14
815
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBryan Baker — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.85
Hold · wait & seeRiley O'Brien — hold.conf 0.50
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