MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Hunter Brown
HOU · P
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Portrait of Nolan McLean
Nolan McLean
NYM · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Hunter Brown.

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 n/a

Hunter Brown wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Nolan McLean wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Hunter Brown
96.2
Nolan McLean
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Hunter Brown
11.5%
Nolan McLean
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Hunter Brown
25.6%
Nolan McLean
28.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Hunter Brown
26.7%
Nolan McLean
28.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Hunter Brown
37.4%
Nolan McLean
36.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Hunter Brown
6.8%
Nolan McLean
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Hunter Brown
.293
Nolan McLean
.296
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
Hunter Brown
25.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.84
3.56
Nolan McLean
25.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.21
3.63
WHIPlower is better
Hunter Brown
.9001.55
now 1.03
1.40
Nolan McLean
.9001.55
now 1.12
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Hunter Brown
40101
now 17
52
Nolan McLean
40101
now 77
46
Winshigher is better
Hunter Brown
.0005.20
now 1
24
Nolan McLean
.0005.20
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyHunter Brown — buy.conf 0.76
BuyNolan McLean — buy.conf 0.74
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