MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Jordan Romano
COL · P
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Portrait of Riley O'Brien
Riley O'Brien
STL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jordan Romano.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Riley O'Brien’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jordan Romano wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Riley O'Brien wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jordan Romano
93.9
Riley O'Brien
97.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jordan Romano
12.8%
Riley O'Brien
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jordan Romano
24.8%
Riley O'Brien
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jordan Romano
32.2%
Riley O'Brien
28.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jordan Romano
30.8%
Riley O'Brien
41.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jordan Romano
3.8%
Riley O'Brien
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jordan Romano
.288
Riley O'Brien
.343
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
Jordan Romano
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.00
3.70
Riley O'Brien
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
4.58
WHIPlower is better
Jordan Romano
.9002.40
now 2.00
1.24
Riley O'Brien
.9002.40
now 0.99
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jordan Romano
4035.80
now 14
7
Riley O'Brien
4035.80
now 27
5
Winshigher is better
Jordan Romano
.0004.20
now 0
00
Riley O'Brien
.0004.20
now 3
01
Saveshigher is better
Jordan Romano
.00019.20
now 4
12
Riley O'Brien
.00019.20
now 14
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJordan Romano — hold.conf 0.50
SellRiley O'Brien — sell.conf 0.83
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