MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 2, 2026
Portrait of Daniel Lynch IV
Daniel Lynch IV
KC · P
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Portrait of Kyle Hurt
Kyle Hurt
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Daniel Lynch IV.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts. Kyle Hurt’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Daniel Lynch IV wins 1 categories (K); Kyle Hurt wins 0 (none); 4 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
94.8
Kyle Hurt
96.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
14.0%
Kyle Hurt
19.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
21.4%
Kyle Hurt
31.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
31.5%
Kyle Hurt
31.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
34.0%
Kyle Hurt
36.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
5.2%
Kyle Hurt
4.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
.284
Kyle Hurt
.272
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
Daniel Lynch IV
24.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.93
3.69
Kyle Hurt
24.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.9001.42
now 0.99
1.24
Kyle Hurt
.9001.42
now 0.78
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
4034.60
now 27
29
Kyle Hurt
4034.60
now 21
28
Winshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.5202.48
now 1
12
Kyle Hurt
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.0004.40
now 1
02
Kyle Hurt
.0004.40
now 1
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighDaniel Lynch IV — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.81
Hold · wait & seeKyle Hurt — hold.conf 0.50
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