MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Brad Lord
Brad Lord
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of Justin Slaten
Justin Slaten
BOS · 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); Justin Slaten 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
Justin Slaten
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
10.3%
Justin Slaten
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
21.0%
Justin Slaten
30.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
31.1%
Justin Slaten
29.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
40.8%
Justin Slaten
42.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
5.9%
Justin Slaten
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.316
Justin Slaten
.277
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
2.154.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
4.00
Justin Slaten
2.154.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9001.43
now 1.00
1.31
Justin Slaten
.9001.43
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4037.80
now 31
25
Justin Slaten
4037.80
now 14
21
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0005.60
now 3
14
Justin Slaten
.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
Buy LowJustin Slaten — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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