MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Ryan Yarbrough
Ryan Yarbrough
NYY · P
Change to
Victor Mederos
ATL · P
Change to
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 ERA. Victor Mederos’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Ryan Yarbrough wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Victor Mederos wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ryan Yarbrough
87.4
Victor Mederos
97.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ryan Yarbrough
11.1%
Victor Mederos
15.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ryan Yarbrough
17.3%
Victor Mederos
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ryan Yarbrough
27.5%
Victor Mederos
33.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ryan Yarbrough
25.3%
Victor Mederos
39.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ryan Yarbrough
3.7%
Victor Mederos
3.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ryan Yarbrough
.288
Victor Mederos
.290
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 Yarbrough
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.66
3.44
Victor Mederos
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Ryan Yarbrough
.9001.73
now 1.12
1.38
Victor Mederos
.9001.73
now 0.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ryan Yarbrough
4019.60
now 14
4
Victor Mederos
4019.60
now 0
0
Winshigher is better
Ryan Yarbrough
.000.480
now 0
00
Victor Mederos
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyRyan Yarbrough — buy.conf 0.80
Sell HighVictor Mederos — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.81
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