MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Portrait of Eric Lauer
Eric Lauer
LAD · P
Change to
Jake Irvin
WSH · P
Change to
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

Eric Lauer wins 2 (ERA, W); Jake Irvin wins 2 (K, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eric Lauer
90.9
Jake Irvin
92.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
9.4%
Jake Irvin
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
14.5%
Jake Irvin
25.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
32.2%
Jake Irvin
25.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
35.5%
Jake Irvin
45.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
10.9%
Jake Irvin
12.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Lauer
.341
Jake Irvin
.349
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
Eric Lauer
4.136.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.65
Jake Irvin
4.136.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
4.82
WHIPlower is better
Eric Lauer
1.261.46
now 1.39
1.36
Jake Irvin
1.261.46
now 1.35
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Lauer
4073.40
now 30
50
Jake Irvin
4073.40
now 58
61
Winshigher is better
Eric Lauer
1.204.80
now 2
24
Jake Irvin
1.204.80
now 2
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.80
SellJake Irvin — sell.conf 0.88
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