MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Sproat
Brandon Sproat
MIL · P
Change to
Portrait of Nick Lodolo
Nick Lodolo
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brandon Sproat.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Nick Lodolo’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Brandon Sproat wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Nick Lodolo wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
96.8
Nick Lodolo
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
11.4%
Nick Lodolo
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
23.9%
Nick Lodolo
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Sproat
25.4%
Nick Lodolo
29.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
42.7%
Nick Lodolo
40.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
8.5%
Nick Lodolo
9.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Sproat
.341
Nick Lodolo
.380
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Brandon Sproat
4.066.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.24
4.68
Nick Lodolo
4.066.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.20
5.61
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Sproat
1.301.60
now 1.53
1.43
Nick Lodolo
1.301.60
now 1.37
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Sproat
4068.80
now 52
11
Nick Lodolo
4068.80
now 22
10
Winshigher is better
Brandon Sproat
.0002.80
now 1
00
Nick Lodolo
.0002.80
now 2
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrandon Sproat — sell.conf 0.82
SellNick Lodolo — sell.conf 0.90
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