MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Brad Lord
Brad Lord
WSH · P
Change to
Mike Paredes
MIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mike Paredes.

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 the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Mike Paredes 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
94.6
Mike Paredes
93.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
9.9%
Mike Paredes
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
21.1%
Mike Paredes
12.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
30.2%
Mike Paredes
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
36.8%
Mike Paredes
50.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
6.3%
Mike Paredes
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.308
Mike Paredes
.349
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
24.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
3.88
Mike Paredes
24.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9001.50
now 1.00
1.32
Mike Paredes
.9001.50
now 1.36
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4042.20
now 31
5
Mike Paredes
4042.20
now 3
8
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0004.20
now 3
01
Mike Paredes
.0004.20
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 HighMike Paredes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.77
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