MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Alex Lange
Alex Lange
KC · P
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Portrait of Brad Lord
Brad Lord
WSH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Alex Lange.

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

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

Alex Lange wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Brad Lord 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
Alex Lange
95.9
Brad Lord
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Lange
12.1%
Brad Lord
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Lange
21.6%
Brad Lord
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Lange
28.7%
Brad Lord
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Lange
41.1%
Brad Lord
40.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Lange
11.2%
Brad Lord
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Lange
.340
Brad Lord
.316
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
Alex Lange
25.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.77
Brad Lord
25.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
4.00
WHIPlower is better
Alex Lange
.9001.49
now 1.35
1.26
Brad Lord
.9001.49
now 1.00
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Lange
4036.60
now 26
25
Brad Lord
4036.60
now 31
25
Winshigher is better
Alex Lange
.0005.60
now 0
00
Brad Lord
.0005.60
now 3
14

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAlex Lange — hold.conf 0.55
Hold · steadyBrad Lord — hold.conf 0.60
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