MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 3, 2026
Portrait of Ryan Thompson
Ryan Thompson
AZ · P
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Portrait of Ryan Yarbrough
Ryan Yarbrough
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Yarbrough.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ryan Yarbrough wins 2 categories (K, SV); Ryan Thompson wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ryan Thompson
91.0
Ryan Yarbrough
87.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ryan Thompson
8.3%
Ryan Yarbrough
11.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ryan Thompson
15.3%
Ryan Yarbrough
17.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ryan Thompson
34.5%
Ryan Yarbrough
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ryan Thompson
35.4%
Ryan Yarbrough
23.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ryan Thompson
4.2%
Ryan Yarbrough
2.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ryan Thompson
.298
Ryan Yarbrough
.267
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Ryan Thompson
2.374.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.75
3.70
Ryan Yarbrough
2.374.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.66
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Ryan Thompson
1.051.31
now 1.17
1.24
Ryan Yarbrough
1.051.31
now 1.12
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ryan Thompson
4028.60
now 12
18
Ryan Yarbrough
4028.60
now 14
23
Winshigher is better
Ryan Thompson
.0005.60
now 2
14
Ryan Yarbrough
.0005.60
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Ryan Thompson
.0004.40
now 0
0
Ryan Yarbrough
.0004.40
now 1
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRyan Thompson — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyan Yarbrough — hold.conf 0.50
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