MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Drew Sommers
Drew Sommers
DET · P
Change to
Portrait of Luinder Avila
Luinder Avila
KC · 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

Drew Sommers wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Luinder Avila wins 2 (K, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Drew Sommers
94.7
Luinder Avila
96.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Drew Sommers
16.5%
Luinder Avila
10.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Drew Sommers
32.4%
Luinder Avila
20.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Drew Sommers
39.7%
Luinder Avila
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Drew Sommers
14.6%
Luinder Avila
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Drew Sommers
2.4%
Luinder Avila
6.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Drew Sommers
.251
Luinder Avila
.337
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
Drew Sommers
26.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Luinder Avila
26.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.44
4.43
WHIPlower is better
Drew Sommers
.9001.99
now 1.00
1.24
Luinder Avila
.9001.99
now 1.71
1.51

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Drew Sommers
4034.60
now 1
10
Luinder Avila
4034.60
now 25
24
Winshigher is better
Drew Sommers
.0001.48
now 0
00
Luinder Avila
.0001.48
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowDrew Sommers — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
SellLuinder Avila — sell.conf 0.77
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