MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 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 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
◀
ERA
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Brad Lord wins 1 (ERA); Taylor Clarke wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brad Lord
94.6
Taylor Clarke
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
9.8%
Taylor Clarke
11.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
21.6%
Taylor Clarke
15.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
29.0%
Taylor Clarke
31.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
37.0%
Taylor Clarke
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
6.3%
Taylor Clarke
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.305
Taylor Clarke
.322
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
25.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
3.84
Taylor Clarke
25.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.80
4.17
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9001.56
now 1.00
1.31
Taylor Clarke
.9001.56
now 0.68
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4043.40
now 31
0
Taylor Clarke
4043.40
now 12
0
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0004.20
now 3
0–0
Taylor Clarke
.0004.20
now 2
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyBrad 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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