MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Brad Lord
Brad Lord
WSH · P
Change to
Randy Dobnak
KC · 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); Randy Dobnak 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
Randy Dobnak
92.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
10.3%
Randy Dobnak
8.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
21.0%
Randy Dobnak
12.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
31.1%
Randy Dobnak
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
40.8%
Randy Dobnak
41.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
5.9%
Randy Dobnak
4.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.316
Randy Dobnak
.343
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
25.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
4.03
Randy Dobnak
25.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9002.05
now 1.00
1.31
Randy Dobnak
.9002.05
now 1.75
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4042.60
now 31
21
Randy Dobnak
4042.60
now 2
18
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0004.20
now 3
13
Randy Dobnak
.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 HighRandy Dobnak — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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