MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 26, 2026
Portrait of Alex Vesia
Alex Vesia
LAD · P
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Portrait of Mark Leiter Jr.
Mark Leiter Jr.
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Alex Vesia.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Alex Vesia wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Mark Leiter Jr. wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Vesia
91.7
Mark Leiter Jr.
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
17.7%
Mark Leiter Jr.
12.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
33.9%
Mark Leiter Jr.
24.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
33.9%
Mark Leiter Jr.
34.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
35.7%
Mark Leiter Jr.
30.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
3.6%
Mark Leiter Jr.
3.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Vesia
.253
Mark Leiter Jr.
.318
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
26.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.70
Mark Leiter Jr.
26.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.47
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Alex Vesia
.9001.67
now 0.93
1.24
Mark Leiter Jr.
.9001.67
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Vesia
4042.60
now 28
37
Mark Leiter Jr.
4042.60
now 25
31
Winshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0002.80
now 1
12
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0008
now 2
15
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0008
now 4
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAlex Vesia — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowMark Leiter Jr. — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.81
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