MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Cole Ragans
KC · P
Change to
Portrait of Jack Leiter
Jack Leiter
TEX · 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

Cole Ragans wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Jack Leiter wins 2 (K, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Ragans
94.9
Jack Leiter
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
14.4%
Jack Leiter
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
29.8%
Jack Leiter
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
27.9%
Jack Leiter
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
39.8%
Jack Leiter
39.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
15.7%
Jack Leiter
10.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Ragans
.344
Jack Leiter
.336
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
45.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.84
4.24
Jack Leiter
45.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.56
WHIPlower is better
Cole Ragans
1.261.49
now 1.42
1.33
Jack Leiter
1.261.49
now 1.33
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Ragans
4085.60
now 45
48
Jack Leiter
4085.60
now 74
51
Winshigher is better
Cole Ragans
.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 & seeCole Ragans — hold.conf 0.50
SellJack Leiter — sell.conf 0.76
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