MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Kittredge
Andrew Kittredge
BAL · P
Change to
Michael Rucker
SEA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Michael Rucker.

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

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

Michael Rucker wins 1 categories (K); Andrew Kittredge wins 0 (none); 3 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Kittredge
94.4
Michael Rucker
95.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Kittredge
12.6%
Michael Rucker
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Kittredge
21.3%
Michael Rucker
27.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Kittredge
40.6%
Michael Rucker
35.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Kittredge
39.1%
Michael Rucker
41.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Kittredge
6.5%
Michael Rucker
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Kittredge
.302
Michael Rucker
.299
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
Andrew Kittredge
2.148.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.59
3.70
Michael Rucker
2.148.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Kittredge
.9002.17
now 1.69
1.24
Michael Rucker
.9002.17
now 0.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Kittredge
4025.40
now 12
18
Michael Rucker
4025.40
now 3
19
Winshigher is better
Andrew Kittredge
.000.480
now 0
00
Michael Rucker
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAndrew Kittredge — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowMichael Rucker — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.85
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