MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Connelly Early
Connelly Early
WSH · P
Change to
Jake Bennett
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Connelly Early wins 2 (K, W); Jake Bennett wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Connelly Early
94.0
Jake Bennett
92.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Connelly Early
11.1%
Jake Bennett
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Connelly Early
23.8%
Jake Bennett
18.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Connelly Early
31.4%
Jake Bennett
37.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Connelly Early
40.9%
Jake Bennett
36.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Connelly Early
10.6%
Jake Bennett
5.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Connelly Early
.320
Jake Bennett
.273
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
Connelly Early
2.026.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.95
4.24
Jake Bennett
2.026.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.28
3.07
WHIPlower is better
Connelly Early
1.021.64
now 1.16
1.31
Jake Bennett
1.021.64
now 1.50
1.21

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Connelly Early
4076.60
now 57
43
Jake Bennett
4076.60
now 8
20
Winshigher is better
Connelly Early
.0006.60
now 5
25
Jake Bennett
.0006.60
now 1
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellConnelly Early — hold.conf 0.60
BuyJake Bennett — buy.conf 0.91
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