MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Cole Ragans
KC · P
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Portrait of Eric Lauer
Eric Lauer
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cole Ragans.

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

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

Cole Ragans wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Eric Lauer wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Ragans
94.9
Eric Lauer
91.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
14.4%
Eric Lauer
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
29.8%
Eric Lauer
15.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
27.9%
Eric Lauer
33.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
39.8%
Eric Lauer
36.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
15.7%
Eric Lauer
11.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Ragans
.344
Eric Lauer
.342
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
Cole Ragans
3.566.63
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.84
4.24
Eric Lauer
3.566.63
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.70
WHIPlower is better
Cole Ragans
1.261.49
now 1.42
1.33
Eric Lauer
1.261.49
now 1.39
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Ragans
4059.40
now 45
13
Eric Lauer
4059.40
now 30
9
Winshigher is better
Cole Ragans
.0002.80
now 1
00
Eric Lauer
.0002.80
now 2
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Ragans — hold.conf 0.50
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.83
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