MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Bryce Elder
Bryce Elder
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Carlos Rodón
Carlos Rodón
NYY · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Bryce Elder.

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

Bryce Elder wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Carlos Rodón 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
Bryce Elder
92.6
Carlos Rodón
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
10.4%
Carlos Rodón
13.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
20.0%
Carlos Rodón
26.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
28.1%
Carlos Rodón
28.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryce Elder
41.1%
Carlos Rodón
35.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryce Elder
6.4%
Carlos Rodón
5.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryce Elder
.309
Carlos Rodón
.296
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
Bryce Elder
24.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.50
3.99
Carlos Rodón
24.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.32
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Bryce Elder
.9801.42
now 1.08
1.31
Carlos Rodón
.9801.42
now 1.32
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryce Elder
4077.40
now 61
37
Carlos Rodón
4077.40
now 20
36
Winshigher is better
Bryce Elder
.0005.20
now 4
23
Carlos Rodón
.0005.20
now 1
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBryce Elder — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeCarlos Rodón — hold.conf 0.50
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