MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Alex Vesia
Alex Vesia
LAD · P
Change to
Michael Rucker
SEA · 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 and ERA.

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

Alex Vesia wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Michael Rucker 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
Michael Rucker
96.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
15.8%
Michael Rucker
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
30.2%
Michael Rucker
26.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
31.9%
Michael Rucker
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
36.1%
Michael Rucker
39.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
6.7%
Michael Rucker
9.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Vesia
.272
Michael Rucker
.315
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 Vesia
25.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.06
Michael Rucker
25.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Alex Vesia
.9001.70
now 0.93
1.36
Michael Rucker
.9001.70
now 0.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Vesia
4038
now 28
6
Michael Rucker
4038
now 3
5
Winshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0001.48
now 1
00
Michael Rucker
.0001.48
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAlex Vesia — buy.conf 0.91
Buy LowMichael Rucker — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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