MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 29, 2026
Portrait of Shane Drohan
Shane Drohan
MIL · P
Change to
Portrait of Taylor Clarke
Taylor Clarke
AZ · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
◀
ERA
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Shane Drohan wins 1 (ERA); Taylor Clarke wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Shane Drohan
94.9
Taylor Clarke
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Shane Drohan
13.1%
Taylor Clarke
11.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Shane Drohan
23.7%
Taylor Clarke
15.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Shane Drohan
32.7%
Taylor Clarke
31.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Shane Drohan
38.7%
Taylor Clarke
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Shane Drohan
8.5%
Taylor Clarke
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Shane Drohan
.301
Taylor Clarke
.322
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
Shane Drohan
25.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.87
3.77
Taylor Clarke
25.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.80
4.17
WHIPlower is better
Shane Drohan
.9001.58
now 1.15
1.32
Taylor Clarke
.9001.58
now 0.68
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Shane Drohan
4046.20
now 33
0
Taylor Clarke
4046.20
now 12
0
Winshigher is better
Shane Drohan
.0002.80
now 2
0–0
Taylor Clarke
.0002.80
now 2
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowShane Drohan — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.71
Sell HighTaylor Clarke — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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