MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
SF · P
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Portrait of Seth Lugo
Seth Lugo
KC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Adrian Houser.

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

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

Adrian Houser wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Seth Lugo wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Adrian Houser
95.5
Seth Lugo
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
8.5%
Seth Lugo
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
15.5%
Seth Lugo
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
25.2%
Seth Lugo
25.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
41.0%
Seth Lugo
42.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
9.0%
Seth Lugo
10.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Adrian Houser
.345
Seth Lugo
.356
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
Adrian Houser
2.736.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.73
Seth Lugo
2.736.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.55
4.98
WHIPlower is better
Adrian Houser
1.271.64
now 1.56
1.38
Seth Lugo
1.271.64
now 1.35
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Adrian Houser
4074.20
now 35
42
Seth Lugo
4074.20
now 60
63
Winshigher is better
Adrian Houser
.2003.80
now 2
13
Seth Lugo
.2003.80
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAdrian Houser — sell.conf 0.84
SellSeth Lugo — sell.conf 0.90
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