MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Max Fried
NYY · P
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Portrait of Taj Bradley
Taj Bradley
MIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Taj Bradley.

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

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

Taj Bradley wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); Max Fried wins 1 (ERA); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Max Fried
94.7
Taj Bradley
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Max Fried
10.4%
Taj Bradley
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Max Fried
20.8%
Taj Bradley
27.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Max Fried
29.5%
Taj Bradley
29.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Max Fried
30.8%
Taj Bradley
45.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Max Fried
1.8%
Taj Bradley
10.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Max Fried
.253
Taj Bradley
.302
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
Max Fried
2.164.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.21
2.62
Taj Bradley
2.164.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.21
3.78
WHIPlower is better
Max Fried
.9001.43
now 1.01
1.31
Taj Bradley
.9001.43
now 1.21
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Max Fried
40.8082.20
now 50
58
Taj Bradley
40.8082.20
now 65
73
Winshigher is better
Max Fried
110
now 4
36
Taj Bradley
110
now 5
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyMax Fried — buy.conf 0.92
BuyTaj Bradley — buy.conf 0.70
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