MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Dylan Lee
Dylan Lee
ATL · P
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Portrait of Pierce Johnson
Pierce Johnson
CIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dylan Lee.

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

Dylan Lee wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Pierce Johnson wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dylan Lee
93.2
Pierce Johnson
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dylan Lee
19.9%
Pierce Johnson
11.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dylan Lee
33.3%
Pierce Johnson
20.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dylan Lee
35.5%
Pierce Johnson
35.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dylan Lee
30.0%
Pierce Johnson
39.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dylan Lee
5.8%
Pierce Johnson
11.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dylan Lee
.236
Pierce Johnson
.366
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
Dylan Lee
24.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.30
3.60
Pierce Johnson
24.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.27
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Dylan Lee
.9001.49
now 0.61
1.23
Pierce Johnson
.9001.49
now 1.23
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dylan Lee
4041.60
now 34
17
Pierce Johnson
4041.60
now 20
15
Winshigher is better
Dylan Lee
.5202.48
now 2
12
Pierce Johnson
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Dylan Lee
.0002.40
now 0
0
Pierce Johnson
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDylan Lee — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPierce Johnson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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