MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 29, 2026
Portrait of Brad Lord
Brad Lord
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of Luinder Avila
Luinder Avila
KC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Luinder Avila.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Brad Lord’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Luinder Avila wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Brad Lord wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brad Lord
94.5
Luinder Avila
96.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
10.7%
Luinder Avila
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
22.4%
Luinder Avila
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
31.5%
Luinder Avila
26.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
42.5%
Luinder Avila
31.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
5.9%
Luinder Avila
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.312
Luinder Avila
.318
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
25.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
3.89
Luinder Avila
25.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.44
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9001.99
now 1.00
1.28
Luinder Avila
.9001.99
now 1.71
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4046
now 31
32
Luinder Avila
4046
now 25
40
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0006.60
now 3
25
Luinder Avila
.0006.60
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrad Lord — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.92
Buy LowLuinder Avila — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.87
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