MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Brad Lord
Brad Lord
WSH · P
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Portrait of Ron Marinaccio
Ron Marinaccio
SD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ron Marinaccio.

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

Ron Marinaccio 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
Ron Marinaccio
93.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
10.3%
Ron Marinaccio
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
21.0%
Ron Marinaccio
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
31.1%
Ron Marinaccio
26.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
40.8%
Ron Marinaccio
40.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
5.9%
Ron Marinaccio
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.316
Ron Marinaccio
.340
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
2.134.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
4.00
Ron Marinaccio
2.134.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.06
3.82
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9001.43
now 1.00
1.31
Ron Marinaccio
.9001.43
now 1.26
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4036.60
now 31
27
Ron Marinaccio
4036.60
now 25
28
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0005.60
now 3
14
Ron Marinaccio
.0005.60
now 1
01

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 & seeRon Marinaccio — hold.conf 0.50
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