MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Portrait of Bryce Elder
Bryce Elder
ATL · P
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Portrait of Trevor McDonald
Trevor McDonald
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Bryce Elder.

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

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

Bryce Elder wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Trevor McDonald wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryce Elder
92.5
Trevor McDonald
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
10.6%
Trevor McDonald
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
19.8%
Trevor McDonald
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
29.4%
Trevor McDonald
29.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryce Elder
39.8%
Trevor McDonald
37.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryce Elder
5.4%
Trevor McDonald
3.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryce Elder
.303
Trevor McDonald
.306
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
25.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.50
3.79
Trevor McDonald
25.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
3.88
WHIPlower is better
Bryce Elder
.9601.46
now 1.08
1.31
Trevor McDonald
.9601.46
now 1.07
1.35

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryce Elder
4074.60
now 61
53
Trevor McDonald
4074.60
now 27
53
Winshigher is better
Bryce Elder
.8006.20
now 4
25
Trevor McDonald
.8006.20
now 2
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBryce Elder — buy.conf 0.69
Hold · leans buyTrevor McDonald — hold.conf 0.60
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