MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Portrait of Brad Lord
Brad Lord
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of Luis Medina
Luis Medina
ATH · 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); Luis Medina 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
Luis Medina
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
10.3%
Luis Medina
13.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
21.0%
Luis Medina
27.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
31.1%
Luis Medina
24.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
40.8%
Luis Medina
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
5.9%
Luis Medina
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.316
Luis Medina
.314
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
Luis Medina
2.154.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.88
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9001.43
now 1.00
1.31
Luis Medina
.9001.43
now 1.20
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4036.60
now 31
26
Luis Medina
4036.60
now 27
23
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0005.20
now 3
14
Luis Medina
.0005.20
now 1
11

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

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