MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 29, 2026
Portrait of Kirby Yates
Kirby Yates
LAA · P
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Portrait of Kyle Hurt
Kyle Hurt
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kyle Hurt.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Kyle Hurt wins 2 categories (K, W); Kirby Yates wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kirby Yates
90.5
Kyle Hurt
96.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
18.0%
Kyle Hurt
19.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
34.2%
Kyle Hurt
29.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
36.5%
Kyle Hurt
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
51.3%
Kyle Hurt
36.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
10.3%
Kyle Hurt
4.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kirby Yates
.278
Kyle Hurt
.279
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
Kirby Yates
25.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
Kyle Hurt
25.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Kirby Yates
.9001.42
now 1.20
1.24
Kyle Hurt
.9001.42
now 0.78
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kirby Yates
4038
now 10
27
Kyle Hurt
4038
now 21
30
Winshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0002.80
now 0
00
Kyle Hurt
.0002.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0006.60
now 1
15
Kyle Hurt
.0006.60
now 1
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKyle Hurt — hold.conf 0.50
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