MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Andre Pallante
Andre Pallante
STL · P
Change to
Portrait of Lucas Giolito
Lucas Giolito
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Andre Pallante wins 2 (K, ERA); Lucas Giolito wins 2 (WHIP, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andre Pallante
95.2
Lucas Giolito
90.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andre Pallante
9.5%
Lucas Giolito
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andre Pallante
17.7%
Lucas Giolito
13.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andre Pallante
26.6%
Lucas Giolito
19.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andre Pallante
33.9%
Lucas Giolito
43.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andre Pallante
5.7%
Lucas Giolito
4.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andre Pallante
.296
Lucas Giolito
.358
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
Andre Pallante
3.125.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.19
3.65
Lucas Giolito
3.125.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.97
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Andre Pallante
1.121.92
now 1.34
1.32
Lucas Giolito
1.121.92
now 1.74
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andre Pallante
4062
now 46
37
Lucas Giolito
4062
now 6
26
Winshigher is better
Andre Pallante
.00010.40
now 5
36
Lucas Giolito
.00010.40
now 2
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAndre Pallante — buy.conf 0.73
Hold · wait & seeLucas Giolito — hold.conf 0.50
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