MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Drew Rasmussen
Drew Rasmussen
TB · P
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Portrait of Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

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

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

Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Drew Rasmussen wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
96.0
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
12.2%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
13.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
25.0%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
24.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
33.0%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
33.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
33.8%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
35.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
6.6%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
.282
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.280
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
Drew Rasmussen
2.643.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.36
3.26
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
2.643.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.86
3.21
WHIPlower is better
Drew Rasmussen
.9301.18
now 1.02
1.08
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.9301.18
now 1.00
1.11

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Drew Rasmussen
42.4076.60
now 55
50
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
42.4076.60
now 69
62
Winshigher is better
Drew Rasmussen
.4007.60
now 4
25
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.4007.60
now 5
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyDrew Rasmussen — buy.conf 0.85
Sell HighYoshinobu Yamamoto — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
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