MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Dustin May
Dustin May
STL · P
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Portrait of Nick Lodolo
Nick Lodolo
CIN · 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 — ERA and WHIP.

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

Dustin May wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Nick Lodolo wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dustin May
96.9
Nick Lodolo
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
10.5%
Nick Lodolo
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
23.1%
Nick Lodolo
17.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dustin May
29.8%
Nick Lodolo
29.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
46.1%
Nick Lodolo
38.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
6.5%
Nick Lodolo
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dustin May
.306
Nick Lodolo
.373
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
Dustin May
3.316.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.91
Nick Lodolo
3.316.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.20
5.42
WHIPlower is better
Dustin May
1.231.50
now 1.30
1.33
Nick Lodolo
1.231.50
now 1.37
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dustin May
4062.60
now 51
37
Nick Lodolo
4062.60
now 22
37
Winshigher is better
Dustin May
.0005.20
now 3
13
Nick Lodolo
.0005.20
now 2
24

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
SellNick Lodolo — sell.conf 0.90
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