MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Riley O'Brien
Riley O'Brien
STL · P
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Portrait of Steven Okert
Steven Okert
HOU · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Riley O'Brien.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Riley O'Brien wins 3 categories (K, W, SV); Steven Okert wins 2 (ERA, WHIP).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Riley O'Brien
97.8
Steven Okert
91.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Riley O'Brien
11.2%
Steven Okert
15.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Riley O'Brien
22.7%
Steven Okert
26.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Riley O'Brien
28.2%
Steven Okert
29.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Riley O'Brien
41.8%
Steven Okert
35.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Riley O'Brien
7.0%
Steven Okert
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Riley O'Brien
.343
Steven Okert
.274
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
Riley O'Brien
2.525.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
4.58
Steven Okert
2.525.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.46
3.11
WHIPlower is better
Riley O'Brien
.9001.52
now 0.99
1.36
Steven Okert
.9001.52
now 0.96
1.11

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Riley O'Brien
4036.20
now 27
5
Steven Okert
4036.20
now 22
4
Winshigher is better
Riley O'Brien
.0004.20
now 3
01
Steven Okert
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Riley O'Brien
.00019.60
now 14
23
Steven Okert
.00019.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellRiley O'Brien — sell.conf 0.84
Sell HighSteven Okert — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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