MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Brayan Bello
Brayan Bello
BOS · P
Change to
Portrait of Nick Lodolo
Nick Lodolo
CIN · 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

Brayan Bello wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Nick Lodolo wins 2 (K, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brayan Bello
94.9
Nick Lodolo
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brayan Bello
12.1%
Nick Lodolo
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brayan Bello
17.0%
Nick Lodolo
17.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brayan Bello
31.8%
Nick Lodolo
29.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brayan Bello
43.4%
Nick Lodolo
38.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brayan Bello
9.8%
Nick Lodolo
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brayan Bello
.367
Nick Lodolo
.373
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
Brayan Bello
4.985.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.63
5.26
Nick Lodolo
4.985.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.20
5.42
WHIPlower is better
Brayan Bello
1.261.75
now 1.64
1.41
Nick Lodolo
1.261.75
now 1.37
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brayan Bello
4047.20
now 40
33
Nick Lodolo
4047.20
now 22
37
Winshigher is better
Brayan Bello
.0005.20
now 2
12
Nick Lodolo
.0005.20
now 2
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrayan Bello — sell.conf 0.90
SellNick Lodolo — sell.conf 0.90
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