MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 17, 2026
Portrait of Kirby Yates
Kirby Yates
LAA · P
Change to
Mike Paredes
MIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 3 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Kirby Yates wins 1 (SV); Mike Paredes wins 1 (K); 3 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kirby Yates
90.7
Mike Paredes
93.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
18.4%
Mike Paredes
10.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
32.6%
Mike Paredes
11.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
37.4%
Mike Paredes
28.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
53.1%
Mike Paredes
50.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
8.2%
Mike Paredes
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kirby Yates
.279
Mike Paredes
.348
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
Kirby Yates
25.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
Mike Paredes
25.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Kirby Yates
1.131.43
now 1.20
1.24
Mike Paredes
1.131.43
now 1.36
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kirby Yates
4049.20
now 10
22
Mike Paredes
4049.20
now 3
36
Winshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.000.480
now 0
00
Mike Paredes
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0005.60
now 1
14
Mike Paredes
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighMike Paredes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.77
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