MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of JT Brubaker
JT Brubaker
SF · P
Change to
Portrait of Luinder Avila
Luinder Avila
KC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

JT Brubaker wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Luinder Avila wins 2 (K, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
JT Brubaker
93.1
Luinder Avila
96.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
JT Brubaker
9.3%
Luinder Avila
10.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
JT Brubaker
17.1%
Luinder Avila
20.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
JT Brubaker
30.3%
Luinder Avila
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
JT Brubaker
36.4%
Luinder Avila
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
JT Brubaker
5.8%
Luinder Avila
6.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
JT Brubaker
.328
Luinder Avila
.337
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
JT Brubaker
25.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
4.27
Luinder Avila
25.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.44
4.45
WHIPlower is better
JT Brubaker
1.141.87
now 1.30
1.38
Luinder Avila
1.141.87
now 1.71
1.51

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
JT Brubaker
4031.60
now 22
17
Luinder Avila
4031.60
now 25
26
Winshigher is better
JT Brubaker
.0001.48
now 0
00
Luinder Avila
.0001.48
now 1
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJT Brubaker — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
SellLuinder Avila — sell.conf 0.78
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