MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Eduardo Rodriguez
Eduardo Rodriguez
AZ · P
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Portrait of Jack Leiter
Jack Leiter
TEX · P
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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

Eduardo Rodriguez wins 2 (WHIP, W); Jack Leiter wins 2 (K, ERA); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
92.0
Jack Leiter
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
9.0%
Jack Leiter
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
17.2%
Jack Leiter
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
28.7%
Jack Leiter
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
37.5%
Jack Leiter
39.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
9.6%
Jack Leiter
10.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
.345
Jack Leiter
.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
Eduardo Rodriguez
25.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.24
4.76
Jack Leiter
25.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.58
WHIPlower is better
Eduardo Rodriguez
1.121.44
now 1.19
1.35
Jack Leiter
1.121.44
now 1.33
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eduardo Rodriguez
4086
now 52
44
Jack Leiter
4086
now 74
60
Winshigher is better
Eduardo Rodriguez
.8006.20
now 5
35
Jack Leiter
.8006.20
now 3
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEduardo Rodriguez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
SellJack Leiter — sell.conf 0.77
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