MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Cody Bradford
TEX · P
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Portrait of Troy Melton
Troy Melton
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Troy Melton.

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

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cody Bradford
88.5
Troy Melton
96.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cody Bradford
9.0%
Troy Melton
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cody Bradford
11.9%
Troy Melton
20.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cody Bradford
31.3%
Troy Melton
32.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cody Bradford
40.0%
Troy Melton
37.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cody Bradford
10.9%
Troy Melton
6.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cody Bradford
.355
Troy Melton
.297
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
Cody Bradford
25.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
4.10
Troy Melton
25.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.42
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Cody Bradford
.9001.89
now 1.62
1.30
Troy Melton
.9001.89
now 0.95
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cody Bradford
4022.60
now 5
17
Troy Melton
4022.60
now 4
4
Winshigher is better
Cody Bradford
.0001.48
now 0
00
Troy Melton
.0001.48
now 1
11

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 HighTroy Melton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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