MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Blade Tidwell
SF · P
Change to
Portrait of Brad Lord
Brad Lord
WSH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Blade Tidwell.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and saves. Brad Lord’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Blade Tidwell wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Brad Lord wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
95.8
Brad Lord
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
12.8%
Brad Lord
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
18.8%
Brad Lord
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
26.8%
Brad Lord
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blade Tidwell
39.2%
Brad Lord
40.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blade Tidwell
3.9%
Brad Lord
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blade Tidwell
.282
Brad Lord
.316
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
Blade Tidwell
2.144.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.00
3.70
Brad Lord
2.144.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
4.02
WHIPlower is better
Blade Tidwell
.9001.43
now 1.08
1.24
Brad Lord
.9001.43
now 1.00
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blade Tidwell
4039.40
now 10
12
Brad Lord
4039.40
now 31
18
Winshigher is better
Blade Tidwell
.0004.20
now 0
00
Brad Lord
.0004.20
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Blade Tidwell
.0003.40
now 1
12
Brad Lord
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlade Tidwell — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · steadyBrad Lord — hold.conf 0.60
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