MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Dustin May
Dustin May
STL · P
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Portrait of Eric Lauer
Eric Lauer
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dustin May.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA.

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

Dustin May wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Eric Lauer wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dustin May
96.9
Eric Lauer
91.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
10.5%
Eric Lauer
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
23.1%
Eric Lauer
15.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dustin May
29.8%
Eric Lauer
32.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
46.1%
Eric Lauer
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
6.5%
Eric Lauer
11.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dustin May
.306
Eric Lauer
.333
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
Dustin May
3.096.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.91
Eric Lauer
3.096.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.50
WHIPlower is better
Dustin May
1.231.46
now 1.30
1.33
Eric Lauer
1.231.46
now 1.39
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dustin May
4059.40
now 51
37
Eric Lauer
4059.40
now 30
33
Winshigher is better
Dustin May
.2003.80
now 3
13
Eric Lauer
.2003.80
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowDustin May — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.74
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.73
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