MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Shawn Armstrong
Shawn Armstrong
CLE · P
Change to
Ty Madden
DET · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Shawn Armstrong wins 1 (W); Ty Madden wins 1 (K); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Shawn Armstrong
93.6
Ty Madden
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Shawn Armstrong
12.2%
Ty Madden
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Shawn Armstrong
23.4%
Ty Madden
28.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Shawn Armstrong
24.9%
Ty Madden
30.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Shawn Armstrong
36.0%
Ty Madden
37.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Shawn Armstrong
6.7%
Ty Madden
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Shawn Armstrong
.304
Ty Madden
.272
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
Shawn Armstrong
2.823.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
Ty Madden
2.823.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.07
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Shawn Armstrong
.9001.48
now 1.33
1.24
Ty Madden
.9001.48
now 0.95
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Shawn Armstrong
4037
now 19
23
Ty Madden
4037
now 16
31
Winshigher is better
Shawn Armstrong
.0002.80
now 1
12
Ty Madden
.0002.80
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeShawn Armstrong — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTy Madden — hold.conf 0.50
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