MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 25, 2026
Portrait of George Kirby
George Kirby
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 WHIP.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
George Kirby
96.7
Hunter Brown
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
George Kirby
10.8%
Hunter Brown
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
George Kirby
20.9%
Hunter Brown
34.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
George Kirby
34.2%
Hunter Brown
26.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
George Kirby
42.0%
Hunter Brown
32.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
George Kirby
6.5%
Hunter Brown
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
George Kirby
.303
Hunter Brown
.247
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
George Kirby
25.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.75
Hunter Brown
25.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.84
4.10
WHIPlower is better
George Kirby
.9101.44
now 1.22
1.32
Hunter Brown
.9101.44
now 1.03
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
George Kirby
40108
now 59
71
Hunter Brown
40108
now 17
82
Winshigher is better
George Kirby
.00010.80
now 5
48
Hunter Brown
.00010.80
now 1
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyGeorge Kirby — buy.conf 0.70
Hold · wait & seeHunter Brown — hold.conf 0.50
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