MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Ethan Roberts
Ethan Roberts
CHC · P
Change to
Kyle Backhus
PHI · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ethan Roberts.

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

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

Ethan Roberts wins 1 categories (K); Kyle Backhus wins 0 (none); 3 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ethan Roberts
93.6
Kyle Backhus
90.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ethan Roberts
9.8%
Kyle Backhus
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ethan Roberts
15.5%
Kyle Backhus
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ethan Roberts
25.1%
Kyle Backhus
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ethan Roberts
44.7%
Kyle Backhus
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ethan Roberts
3.9%
Kyle Backhus
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ethan Roberts
.342
Kyle Backhus
.304
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
Ethan Roberts
25.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.69
3.70
Kyle Backhus
25.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.66
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Ethan Roberts
.9001.34
now 1.00
1.24
Kyle Backhus
.9001.34
now 1.24
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ethan Roberts
4021.60
now 12
16
Kyle Backhus
4021.60
now 10
15
Winshigher is better
Ethan Roberts
.000.480
now 0
00
Kyle Backhus
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEthan Roberts — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.86
Buy LowKyle Backhus — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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