MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Daniel Lynch IV
Daniel Lynch IV
KC · P
Change to
Portrait of Mark Leiter Jr.
Mark Leiter Jr.
ATH · P
Change to
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, ERA, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Daniel Lynch IV wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Mark Leiter Jr. wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
94.9
Mark Leiter Jr.
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
13.6%
Mark Leiter Jr.
14.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
20.5%
Mark Leiter Jr.
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
30.8%
Mark Leiter Jr.
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
35.1%
Mark Leiter Jr.
31.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
6.1%
Mark Leiter Jr.
3.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
.285
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
Daniel Lynch IV
26.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.93
3.69
Mark Leiter Jr.
26.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.47
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.9001.65
now 0.99
1.24
Mark Leiter Jr.
.9001.65
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
4032.60
now 27
23
Mark Leiter Jr.
4032.60
now 25
20
Winshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.0001.48
now 1
01
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.0005.60
now 1
02
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0005.60
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighDaniel Lynch IV — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeMark Leiter Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
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