MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Carson Whisenhunt
SF · P
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Portrait of Jack Leiter
Jack Leiter
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Carson Whisenhunt.

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

Carson Whisenhunt wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Jack Leiter wins 1 (K); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Carson Whisenhunt
92.8
Jack Leiter
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Carson Whisenhunt
15.5%
Jack Leiter
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Carson Whisenhunt
18.4%
Jack Leiter
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Carson Whisenhunt
37.9%
Jack Leiter
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Carson Whisenhunt
47.5%
Jack Leiter
39.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Carson Whisenhunt
11.9%
Jack Leiter
10.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Carson Whisenhunt
.408
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
Carson Whisenhunt
2.915.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
4.10
Jack Leiter
2.915.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.55
WHIPlower is better
Carson Whisenhunt
1.231.48
now 1.41
1.30
Jack Leiter
1.231.48
now 1.33
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Carson Whisenhunt
40101.20
now 6
17
Jack Leiter
40101.20
now 74
49
Winshigher is better
Carson Whisenhunt
.0006.60
now 1
25
Jack Leiter
.0006.60
now 3
13

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

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