MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Kirby Yates
Kirby Yates
PIT · P
Change to
Portrait of Shane Drohan
Shane Drohan
MIL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Shane Drohan.

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

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

Shane Drohan wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Kirby Yates wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kirby Yates
90.8
Shane Drohan
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
15.1%
Shane Drohan
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
27.8%
Shane Drohan
23.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
35.0%
Shane Drohan
33.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
46.5%
Shane Drohan
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
5.9%
Shane Drohan
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kirby Yates
.287
Shane Drohan
.297
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
2.294.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
Shane Drohan
2.294.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.87
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Kirby Yates
1.081.38
now 1.20
1.24
Shane Drohan
1.081.38
now 1.15
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kirby Yates
4044.20
now 10
5
Shane Drohan
4044.20
now 33
8
Winshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0002.80
now 0
00
Shane Drohan
.0002.80
now 2
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowShane Drohan — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.73
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