MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Burch Smith
DET · P
Change to
Portrait of Tanner Gordon
Tanner Gordon
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Burch Smith.

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

Burch Smith wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Tanner Gordon wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Burch Smith
93.8
Tanner Gordon
92.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Burch Smith
10.4%
Tanner Gordon
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Burch Smith
27.4%
Tanner Gordon
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Burch Smith
26.2%
Tanner Gordon
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Burch Smith
47.8%
Tanner Gordon
42.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Burch Smith
4.3%
Tanner Gordon
10.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Burch Smith
.287
Tanner Gordon
.323
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
Burch Smith
27.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.18
3.70
Tanner Gordon
27.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.37
4.16
WHIPlower is better
Burch Smith
1.111.69
now 1.47
1.24
Tanner Gordon
1.111.69
now 1.56
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Burch Smith
4047
now 20
5
Tanner Gordon
4047
now 35
10
Winshigher is better
Burch Smith
.000.480
now 0
00
Tanner Gordon
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBurch Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · leans sellTanner Gordon — hold.conf 0.60
Tweet