MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Justin Bruihl
Justin Bruihl
STL · P
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Portrait of Luis Medina
Luis Medina
ATH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Luis Medina.

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

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

Luis Medina wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); Justin Bruihl wins 1 (ERA); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Justin Bruihl
91.6
Luis Medina
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Justin Bruihl
7.9%
Luis Medina
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Justin Bruihl
15.0%
Luis Medina
26.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Justin Bruihl
27.7%
Luis Medina
24.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Justin Bruihl
36.8%
Luis Medina
39.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Justin Bruihl
3.9%
Luis Medina
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Justin Bruihl
.319
Luis Medina
.322
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
Justin Bruihl
2.195.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.61
4.08
Luis Medina
2.195.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.88
4.14
WHIPlower is better
Justin Bruihl
1.101.56
now 1.46
1.41
Luis Medina
1.101.56
now 1.20
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Justin Bruihl
4032.60
now 18
14
Luis Medina
4032.60
now 27
21
Winshigher is better
Justin Bruihl
.0001.48
now 0
00
Luis Medina
.0001.48
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellJustin Bruihl — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellLuis Medina — hold.conf 0.60
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