MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 10, 2026
Portrait of Blas Castaño
Blas Castaño
COL · P
Change to
Portrait of Brad Lord
Brad Lord
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Blas Castaño.

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

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

Blas Castaño wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Brad Lord wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Blas Castaño
94.5
Brad Lord
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
9.0%
Brad Lord
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
20.0%
Brad Lord
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
28.1%
Brad Lord
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blas Castaño
50.0%
Brad Lord
40.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blas Castaño
10.0%
Brad Lord
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blas Castaño
.368
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
Blas Castaño
25.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.91
3.70
Brad Lord
25.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
4.01
WHIPlower is better
Blas Castaño
.9001.63
now 1.45
1.24
Brad Lord
.9001.63
now 1.00
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blas Castaño
4039.40
now 10
28
Brad Lord
4039.40
now 31
28
Winshigher is better
Blas Castaño
.0005.60
now 0
00
Brad Lord
.0005.60
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlas Castaño — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · steadyBrad Lord — hold.conf 0.60
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