MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Portrait of Bryce Elder
Bryce Elder
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Nick Martinez
Nick Martinez
TB · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Bryce Elder wins 2 (K, ERA); Nick Martinez wins 2 (WHIP, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryce Elder
92.5
Nick Martinez
92.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
10.6%
Nick Martinez
9.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
19.8%
Nick Martinez
14.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
29.4%
Nick Martinez
32.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryce Elder
39.8%
Nick Martinez
33.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryce Elder
5.4%
Nick Martinez
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryce Elder
.303
Nick Martinez
.333
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
Bryce Elder
25.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.50
3.79
Nick Martinez
25.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.62
4.47
WHIPlower is better
Bryce Elder
.9901.40
now 1.08
1.31
Nick Martinez
.9901.40
now 1.11
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryce Elder
4069.40
now 61
53
Nick Martinez
4069.40
now 41
40
Winshigher is better
Bryce Elder
.4007.60
now 4
25
Nick Martinez
.4007.60
now 5
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBryce Elder — buy.conf 0.69
Sell HighNick Martinez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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