MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Aaron Civale
CHC · P
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Portrait of Eric Lauer
Eric Lauer
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Eric Lauer.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Aaron Civale’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Eric Lauer wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Aaron Civale wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Aaron Civale
91.4
Eric Lauer
91.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
9.1%
Eric Lauer
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
16.9%
Eric Lauer
15.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
30.2%
Eric Lauer
32.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aaron Civale
46.2%
Eric Lauer
35.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aaron Civale
10.2%
Eric Lauer
11.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aaron Civale
.350
Eric Lauer
.341
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
Aaron Civale
3.506.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.20
4.87
Eric Lauer
3.506.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.67
WHIPlower is better
Aaron Civale
1.271.54
now 1.47
1.41
Eric Lauer
1.271.54
now 1.39
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aaron Civale
4044.60
now 39
38
Eric Lauer
4044.60
now 30
38
Winshigher is better
Aaron Civale
.0008
now 5
36
Eric Lauer
.0008
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAaron Civale — sell.conf 0.90
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.81
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