MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Brad Lord
Brad Lord
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of Taylor Clarke
Taylor Clarke
AZ · 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); Taylor Clarke 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
Taylor Clarke
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
10.3%
Taylor Clarke
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
21.0%
Taylor Clarke
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
31.1%
Taylor Clarke
30.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
40.8%
Taylor Clarke
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
5.9%
Taylor Clarke
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.316
Taylor Clarke
.311
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
24.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
4.01
Taylor Clarke
24.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.80
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9001.56
now 1.00
1.31
Taylor Clarke
.9001.56
now 0.68
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4039
now 31
21
Taylor Clarke
4039
now 12
11
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.2003.80
now 3
13
Taylor Clarke
.2003.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrad Lord — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighTaylor Clarke — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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