MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Cody Bradford
TEX · P
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Portrait of Michael King
Michael King
SD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cody Bradford.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Michael King’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Cody Bradford wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Michael King wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cody Bradford
88.5
Michael King
94.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cody Bradford
8.1%
Michael King
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cody Bradford
11.2%
Michael King
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cody Bradford
31.7%
Michael King
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cody Bradford
40.0%
Michael King
33.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cody Bradford
10.4%
Michael King
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cody Bradford
.356
Michael King
.321
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
Cody Bradford
25.98
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
4.10
Michael King
25.98
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.18
4.27
WHIPlower is better
Cody Bradford
.9301.82
now 1.62
1.30
Michael King
.9301.82
now 1.13
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cody Bradford
4089
now 5
17
Michael King
4089
now 65
12
Winshigher is better
Cody Bradford
.0005.60
now 0
00
Michael King
.0005.60
now 4
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCody Bradford — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighMichael King — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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