MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Cole Ragans
KC · P
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Portrait of Kyle Leahy
Kyle Leahy
STL · 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, ERA, and WHIP. Kyle Leahy’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Cole Ragans wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Kyle Leahy wins 1 (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
Kyle Leahy
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
14.4%
Kyle Leahy
10.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
29.8%
Kyle Leahy
19.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
27.9%
Kyle Leahy
26.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
39.8%
Kyle Leahy
50.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
15.7%
Kyle Leahy
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Ragans
.344
Kyle Leahy
.349
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
Cole Ragans
45.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.84
4.24
Kyle Leahy
45.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.25
4.84
WHIPlower is better
Cole Ragans
1.241.65
now 1.42
1.33
Kyle Leahy
1.241.65
now 1.56
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Ragans
4064
now 45
58
Kyle Leahy
4064
now 46
43
Winshigher is better
Cole Ragans
.0009.40
now 1
12
Kyle Leahy
.0009.40
now 5
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Ragans — hold.conf 0.50
SellKyle Leahy — sell.conf 0.89
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