MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Nolan McLean
Nolan McLean
NYM · P
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Portrait of Taj Bradley
Taj Bradley
MIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nolan McLean.

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

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

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Nolan McLean
96.1
Taj Bradley
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Nolan McLean
10.9%
Taj Bradley
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Nolan McLean
27.9%
Taj Bradley
27.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Nolan McLean
28.0%
Taj Bradley
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Nolan McLean
34.7%
Taj Bradley
45.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Nolan McLean
6.6%
Taj Bradley
10.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Nolan McLean
.291
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
Nolan McLean
2.814.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.21
3.48
Taj Bradley
2.814.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.21
3.82
WHIPlower is better
Nolan McLean
1.051.34
now 1.12
1.24
Taj Bradley
1.051.34
now 1.21
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Nolan McLean
5683
now 77
67
Taj Bradley
5683
now 65
62
Winshigher is better
Nolan McLean
.0009
now 3
24
Taj Bradley
.0009
now 5
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyNolan McLean — buy.conf 0.79
Hold · leans buyTaj Bradley — hold.conf 0.60
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