MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Eric Lauer
Eric Lauer
LAD · P
Change to
Ethan Pecko
HOU · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ethan Pecko.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Eric Lauer’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Ethan Pecko wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Eric Lauer wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eric Lauer
91.1
Ethan Pecko
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
9.7%
Ethan Pecko
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
15.5%
Ethan Pecko
14.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
33.1%
Ethan Pecko
28.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
36.0%
Ethan Pecko
43.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
11.0%
Ethan Pecko
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Lauer
.342
Ethan Pecko
.384
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
Eric Lauer
3.366.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.69
Ethan Pecko
3.366.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.91
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Eric Lauer
1.161.78
now 1.39
1.33
Ethan Pecko
1.161.78
now 1.64
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Lauer
4040.40
now 30
9
Ethan Pecko
4040.40
now 4
11
Winshigher is better
Eric Lauer
.0002.80
now 2
01
Ethan Pecko
.0002.80
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.82
Sell HighEthan Pecko — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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