MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Brandon Woodruff
MIL · P
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Portrait of Lucas Giolito
Lucas Giolito
SD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brandon Woodruff.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

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

Brandon Woodruff wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Lucas Giolito wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Woodruff
91.8
Lucas Giolito
90.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Woodruff
12.0%
Lucas Giolito
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Woodruff
27.0%
Lucas Giolito
13.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Woodruff
34.3%
Lucas Giolito
19.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Woodruff
34.5%
Lucas Giolito
43.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Woodruff
7.8%
Lucas Giolito
4.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Woodruff
.263
Lucas Giolito
.358
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 Woodruff
3.055.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.99
Lucas Giolito
3.055.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.97
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Woodruff
.9002.02
now 1.03
1.28
Lucas Giolito
.9002.02
now 1.74
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Woodruff
4045.20
now 25
34
Lucas Giolito
4045.20
now 6
24
Winshigher is better
Brandon Woodruff
.00010.40
now 2
24
Lucas Giolito
.00010.40
now 2
38

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrandon Woodruff — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeLucas Giolito — hold.conf 0.50
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