MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 7, 2026
Portrait of Graham Ashcraft
Graham Ashcraft
CIN · P
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Portrait of Kirby Yates
Kirby Yates
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Graham Ashcraft.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Graham Ashcraft wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Kirby Yates wins 2 (WHIP, SV).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
98.0
Kirby Yates
90.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
14.7%
Kirby Yates
19.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
29.4%
Kirby Yates
35.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
33.3%
Kirby Yates
37.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
36.1%
Kirby Yates
50.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
6.6%
Kirby Yates
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
.287
Kirby Yates
.271
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
Graham Ashcraft
2.934.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.68
Kirby Yates
2.934.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Graham Ashcraft
1.131.33
now 1.22
1.26
Kirby Yates
1.131.33
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
4040.80
now 32
24
Kirby Yates
4040.80
now 10
23
Winshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
.0001.48
now 1
11
Kirby Yates
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
.0005.60
now 1
02
Kirby Yates
.0005.60
now 1
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGraham Ashcraft — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
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