MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Alex Lange
Alex Lange
KC · P
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Portrait of Ethan Roberts
Ethan Roberts
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ethan Roberts.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP.

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

Ethan Roberts wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Alex Lange wins 1 (K); 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
Ethan Roberts
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Lange
12.4%
Ethan Roberts
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Lange
22.9%
Ethan Roberts
15.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Lange
29.4%
Ethan Roberts
25.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Lange
41.9%
Ethan Roberts
44.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Lange
12.0%
Ethan Roberts
3.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Lange
.338
Ethan Roberts
.342
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
25.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.76
Ethan Roberts
25.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.69
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Alex Lange
.9001.49
now 1.35
1.26
Ethan Roberts
.9001.49
now 1.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Lange
4031.60
now 26
20
Ethan Roberts
4031.60
now 12
16
Winshigher is better
Alex Lange
.000.480
now 0
00
Ethan Roberts
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAlex Lange — hold.conf 0.55
Sell HighEthan Roberts — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.86
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