MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Nathan Eovaldi
Nathan Eovaldi
TEX · 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, ERA, and wins. Nathan Eovaldi’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Nathan Eovaldi
94.7
Taj Bradley
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Nathan Eovaldi
16.3%
Taj Bradley
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Nathan Eovaldi
25.9%
Taj Bradley
27.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Nathan Eovaldi
36.8%
Taj Bradley
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Nathan Eovaldi
40.0%
Taj Bradley
45.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Nathan Eovaldi
8.1%
Taj Bradley
10.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Nathan Eovaldi
.308
Taj Bradley
.304
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
Nathan Eovaldi
2.924.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.93
3.93
Taj Bradley
2.924.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.21
3.82
WHIPlower is better
Nathan Eovaldi
1.041.34
now 1.11
1.18
Taj Bradley
1.041.34
now 1.21
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Nathan Eovaldi
49.4072.60
now 67
55
Taj Bradley
49.4072.60
now 65
62
Winshigher is better
Nathan Eovaldi
1.408.60
now 5
36
Taj Bradley
1.408.60
now 5
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyNathan Eovaldi — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans buyTaj Bradley — hold.conf 0.60
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