MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 7, 2026
Portrait of Chad Patrick
Chad Patrick
MIL · P
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Portrait of Graham Ashcraft
Graham Ashcraft
CIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chad Patrick.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Chad Patrick wins 3 categories (K, W, SV); Graham Ashcraft wins 2 (ERA, WHIP).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chad Patrick
95.1
Graham Ashcraft
98.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
12.8%
Graham Ashcraft
14.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
20.3%
Graham Ashcraft
29.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
31.7%
Graham Ashcraft
33.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
38.1%
Graham Ashcraft
36.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
7.1%
Graham Ashcraft
6.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chad Patrick
.319
Graham Ashcraft
.287
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
Chad Patrick
24.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.54
4.05
Graham Ashcraft
24.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Chad Patrick
1.131.42
now 1.20
1.35
Graham Ashcraft
1.131.42
now 1.22
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chad Patrick
4041.60
now 34
36
Graham Ashcraft
4041.60
now 32
24
Winshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.0005.20
now 3
24
Graham Ashcraft
.0005.20
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.0005.60
now 2
14
Graham Ashcraft
.0005.60
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighChad Patrick — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.93
Hold · wait & seeGraham Ashcraft — hold.conf 0.50
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