MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Chase Shugart
Chase Shugart
PHI · P
Change to
Portrait of Mark Leiter Jr.
Mark Leiter Jr.
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Chase Shugart wins 2 (ERA, W); Mark Leiter Jr. wins 2 (K, SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chase Shugart
96.1
Mark Leiter Jr.
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chase Shugart
9.9%
Mark Leiter Jr.
14.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chase Shugart
27.8%
Mark Leiter Jr.
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chase Shugart
25.4%
Mark Leiter Jr.
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chase Shugart
34.7%
Mark Leiter Jr.
31.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chase Shugart
11.0%
Mark Leiter Jr.
3.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chase Shugart
.307
Mark Leiter Jr.
.316
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
Chase Shugart
26.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.33
3.70
Mark Leiter Jr.
26.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.47
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Chase Shugart
.9001.67
now 0.93
1.24
Mark Leiter Jr.
.9001.67
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chase Shugart
4033.40
now 20
4
Mark Leiter Jr.
4033.40
now 25
5
Winshigher is better
Chase Shugart
.0002.80
now 2
01
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Chase Shugart
.0005.60
now 0
0
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0005.60
now 4
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If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChase Shugart — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMark Leiter Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
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