MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Bryan Hudson
Bryan Hudson
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Pierce Johnson
Pierce Johnson
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Bryan Hudson.

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

Bryan Hudson wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Pierce Johnson wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan Hudson
91.9
Pierce Johnson
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan Hudson
10.8%
Pierce Johnson
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan Hudson
22.4%
Pierce Johnson
21.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan Hudson
23.2%
Pierce Johnson
33.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan Hudson
35.1%
Pierce Johnson
41.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan Hudson
3.5%
Pierce Johnson
13.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan Hudson
.291
Pierce Johnson
.376
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
Bryan Hudson
24.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.26
3.69
Pierce Johnson
24.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.27
3.75
WHIPlower is better
Bryan Hudson
1.081.32
now 1.15
1.25
Pierce Johnson
1.081.32
now 1.23
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan Hudson
4033.60
now 28
22
Pierce Johnson
4033.60
now 20
21
Winshigher is better
Bryan Hudson
.2003.80
now 3
13
Pierce Johnson
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Bryan Hudson
.0004.40
now 2
13
Pierce Johnson
.0004.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBryan Hudson — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPierce Johnson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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