MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Brad Lord
Brad Lord
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of Ethan Roberts
Ethan Roberts
CHC · 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

Brad Lord wins 2 (K, W); Ethan Roberts wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brad Lord
94.5
Ethan Roberts
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
10.3%
Ethan Roberts
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
21.0%
Ethan Roberts
15.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
31.1%
Ethan Roberts
25.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
40.8%
Ethan Roberts
44.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
5.9%
Ethan Roberts
3.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.316
Ethan Roberts
.342
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
Brad Lord
24.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
4.00
Ethan Roberts
24.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.69
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9001.43
now 1.00
1.31
Ethan Roberts
.9001.43
now 1.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4038.60
now 31
25
Ethan Roberts
4038.60
now 12
19
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0005.60
now 3
14
Ethan Roberts
.0005.60
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrad Lord — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighEthan Roberts — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.85
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