MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Justin Bruihl
Justin Bruihl
STL · P
Change to
Portrait of Ryan Watson
Ryan Watson
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Watson.

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

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

Ryan Watson wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Justin Bruihl wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Justin Bruihl
91.6
Ryan Watson
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Justin Bruihl
8.0%
Ryan Watson
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Justin Bruihl
15.2%
Ryan Watson
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Justin Bruihl
27.2%
Ryan Watson
30.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Justin Bruihl
37.5%
Ryan Watson
39.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Justin Bruihl
3.9%
Ryan Watson
11.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Justin Bruihl
.321
Ryan Watson
.375
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
3.595.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.61
4.09
Ryan Watson
3.595.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.35
5.29
WHIPlower is better
Justin Bruihl
1.291.53
now 1.46
1.40
Ryan Watson
1.291.53
now 1.46
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Justin Bruihl
4034.60
now 18
15
Ryan Watson
4034.60
now 29
23
Winshigher is better
Justin Bruihl
.000.480
now 0
00
Ryan Watson
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellJustin Bruihl — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighRyan Watson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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