MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Alex Vesia
Alex Vesia
LAD · P
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Portrait of Garrett Cleavinger
Garrett Cleavinger
TB · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Alex Vesia.

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

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

Alex Vesia wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Garrett Cleavinger wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Vesia
92.1
Garrett Cleavinger
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
15.8%
Garrett Cleavinger
13.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
30.2%
Garrett Cleavinger
29.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
31.9%
Garrett Cleavinger
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
36.1%
Garrett Cleavinger
40.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
6.7%
Garrett Cleavinger
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Vesia
.272
Garrett Cleavinger
.317
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 Vesia
24.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.06
Garrett Cleavinger
24.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.65
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Alex Vesia
.9001.67
now 0.93
1.36
Garrett Cleavinger
.9001.67
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Vesia
4037.20
now 28
6
Garrett Cleavinger
4037.20
now 17
5
Winshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0001.48
now 1
00
Garrett Cleavinger
.0001.48
now 1
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAlex Vesia — buy.conf 0.91
Buy LowGarrett Cleavinger — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.77
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