MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Alex Lange
Alex Lange
KC · P
Change to
Ryan Johnson
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Alex Lange.

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

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

Alex Lange wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Ryan Johnson wins 0 (none); 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
Ryan Johnson
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Lange
13.0%
Ryan Johnson
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Lange
22.5%
Ryan Johnson
17.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Lange
30.4%
Ryan Johnson
27.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Lange
42.1%
Ryan Johnson
37.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Lange
11.9%
Ryan Johnson
10.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Lange
.342
Ryan Johnson
.350
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
Alex Lange
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
4.55
Ryan Johnson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.83
4.73
WHIPlower is better
Alex Lange
.9602.55
now 1.35
1.41
Ryan Johnson
.9602.55
now 2.33
1.42

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Lange
4034.80
now 26
5
Ryan Johnson
4034.80
now 7
4
Winshigher is better
Alex Lange
.000.480
now 0
00
Ryan Johnson
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAlex Lange — sell.conf 0.82
SellRyan Johnson — sell.conf 0.90
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