MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 29, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Bradish
Kyle Bradish
BAL · P
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Yusei Kikuchi
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
◀
ERA
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Kyle Bradish wins 1 (ERA); Yusei Kikuchi wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kyle Bradish
94.2
Yusei Kikuchi
95.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kyle Bradish
10.8%
Yusei Kikuchi
11.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kyle Bradish
21.2%
Yusei Kikuchi
22.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kyle Bradish
30.2%
Yusei Kikuchi
26.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kyle Bradish
38.8%
Yusei Kikuchi
44.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kyle Bradish
8.4%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kyle Bradish
.324
Yusei Kikuchi
.333
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
Kyle Bradish
2.496.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.44
4.35
Yusei Kikuchi
2.496.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.53
WHIPlower is better
Kyle Bradish
1.341.65
now 1.42
1.44
Yusei Kikuchi
1.341.65
now 1.58
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kyle Bradish
4091
now 65
0
Yusei Kikuchi
4091
now 33
0
Winshigher is better
Kyle Bradish
.0004.20
now 3
0–0
Yusei Kikuchi
.0004.20
now 0
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellKyle Bradish — sell.conf 0.66
SellYusei Kikuchi — sell.conf 0.75
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