MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Cade Povich
BAL · P
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Portrait of Jack Leiter
Jack Leiter
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cade Povich.

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

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

Cade Povich wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Jack Leiter wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Povich
91.9
Jack Leiter
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Povich
12.2%
Jack Leiter
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Povich
14.6%
Jack Leiter
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Povich
31.0%
Jack Leiter
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Povich
45.2%
Jack Leiter
39.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Povich
9.7%
Jack Leiter
10.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Povich
.352
Jack Leiter
.336
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
Cade Povich
3.695.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.12
4.10
Jack Leiter
3.695.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.56
WHIPlower is better
Cade Povich
1.231.44
now 1.34
1.30
Jack Leiter
1.231.44
now 1.33
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Povich
4098.80
now 12
28
Jack Leiter
4098.80
now 74
46
Winshigher is better
Cade Povich
.2003.80
now 1
12
Jack Leiter
.2003.80
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Povich — hold.conf 0.50
SellJack Leiter — sell.conf 0.76
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