MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Dustin May
Dustin May
STL · P
Change to
Rhett Lowder
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dustin May.

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

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

Dustin May wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Rhett Lowder wins 1 (W); 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
Rhett Lowder
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
10.5%
Rhett Lowder
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
23.1%
Rhett Lowder
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dustin May
29.8%
Rhett Lowder
26.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
46.1%
Rhett Lowder
39.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
6.5%
Rhett Lowder
9.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dustin May
.306
Rhett Lowder
.350
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
3.475.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.91
Rhett Lowder
3.475.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
4.86
WHIPlower is better
Dustin May
1.231.52
now 1.30
1.33
Rhett Lowder
1.231.52
now 1.45
1.44

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dustin May
4059.80
now 51
37
Rhett Lowder
4059.80
now 31
29
Winshigher is better
Dustin May
.0005.20
now 3
13
Rhett Lowder
.0005.20
now 3
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
SellRhett Lowder — sell.conf 0.90
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