MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 25, 2026
Hunter Brown
HOU · P
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Portrait of Shane McClanahan
Shane McClanahan
TB · 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 WHIP. Shane McClanahan’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 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Shane McClanahan wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Hunter Brown
96.0
Shane McClanahan
95.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Hunter Brown
10.9%
Shane McClanahan
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Hunter Brown
34.6%
Shane McClanahan
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Hunter Brown
26.8%
Shane McClanahan
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Hunter Brown
32.5%
Shane McClanahan
41.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Hunter Brown
5.0%
Shane McClanahan
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Hunter Brown
.247
Shane McClanahan
.322
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
Hunter Brown
25.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.84
4.10
Shane McClanahan
25.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
4.22
WHIPlower is better
Hunter Brown
.9001.45
now 1.03
1.30
Shane McClanahan
.9001.45
now 1.02
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Hunter Brown
40108
now 17
82
Shane McClanahan
40108
now 53
79
Winshigher is better
Hunter Brown
.00016.40
now 1
48
Shane McClanahan
.00016.40
now 6
512

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeHunter Brown — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · leans sellShane McClanahan — hold.conf 0.60
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