MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Chase Burns
Chase Burns
CIN · P
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Portrait of Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chase Burns.

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

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

Chase Burns wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chase Burns
97.8
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chase Burns
15.6%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chase Burns
28.6%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
24.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chase Burns
34.0%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chase Burns
36.4%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chase Burns
8.6%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chase Burns
.276
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.279
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
Chase Burns
23.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.96
3.14
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
23.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.86
3.22
WHIPlower is better
Chase Burns
.9001.34
now 0.96
1.23
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.9001.34
now 1.00
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chase Burns
52.4077.60
now 72
63
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
52.4077.60
now 69
58
Winshigher is better
Chase Burns
110
now 7
48
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
110
now 5
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighChase Burns — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.94
Sell HighYoshinobu Yamamoto — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.83
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