MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Portrait of Brad Lord
Brad Lord
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of Jonathan Bowlan
Jonathan Bowlan
PHI · P
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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); Jonathan Bowlan 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
Jonathan Bowlan
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
10.3%
Jonathan Bowlan
16.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
21.0%
Jonathan Bowlan
30.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
31.1%
Jonathan Bowlan
33.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
40.8%
Jonathan Bowlan
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
5.9%
Jonathan Bowlan
4.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.316
Jonathan Bowlan
.251
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
25.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
4.00
Jonathan Bowlan
25.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.67
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9001.43
now 1.00
1.31
Jonathan Bowlan
.9001.43
now 1.15
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4037
now 31
29
Jonathan Bowlan
4037
now 16
19
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0005.20
now 3
24
Jonathan Bowlan
.0005.20
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrad Lord — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowJonathan Bowlan — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.82
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