MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Emerson Hancock
Emerson Hancock
SEA · P
Change to
Hunter Brown
HOU · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Hunter Brown.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Emerson Hancock’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Hunter Brown wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Emerson Hancock wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Emerson Hancock
95.4
Hunter Brown
96.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Emerson Hancock
12.3%
Hunter Brown
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Emerson Hancock
22.3%
Hunter Brown
25.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Emerson Hancock
28.5%
Hunter Brown
26.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Emerson Hancock
41.6%
Hunter Brown
36.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Emerson Hancock
8.7%
Hunter Brown
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Emerson Hancock
.308
Hunter Brown
.291
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
Emerson Hancock
25.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.80
3.97
Hunter Brown
25.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.84
3.52
WHIPlower is better
Emerson Hancock
.9001.58
now 0.95
1.20
Hunter Brown
.9001.58
now 1.03
1.40

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Emerson Hancock
4092.80
now 70
13
Hunter Brown
4092.80
now 17
18
Winshigher is better
Emerson Hancock
.0005.60
now 4
01
Hunter Brown
.0005.60
now 1
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyEmerson Hancock — hold.conf 0.60
BuyHunter Brown — buy.conf 0.77
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