MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 25, 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 it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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
94.5
Mike Paredes
93.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
10.8%
Mike Paredes
9.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
21.4%
Mike Paredes
12.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
31.8%
Mike Paredes
21.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
42.6%
Mike Paredes
47.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
6.1%
Mike Paredes
3.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.314
Mike Paredes
.334
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
24.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
3.93
Mike Paredes
24.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9001.50
now 1.00
1.26
Mike Paredes
.9001.50
now 1.36
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4063.20
now 31
34
Mike Paredes
4063.20
now 3
46
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0007
now 3
25
Mike Paredes
.0007
now 0
00

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 0.95
Sell HighMike Paredes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
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