MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Eric Lauer
Eric Lauer
LAD · P
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Portrait of Jeffrey Springs
Jeffrey Springs
ATH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Eric Lauer.

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

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

Eric Lauer wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Jeffrey Springs wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eric Lauer
91.0
Jeffrey Springs
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
9.4%
Jeffrey Springs
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
15.3%
Jeffrey Springs
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
32.6%
Jeffrey Springs
30.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
35.0%
Jeffrey Springs
35.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
11.2%
Jeffrey Springs
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Lauer
.333
Jeffrey Springs
.338
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
3.326.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.50
Jeffrey Springs
3.326.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.07
4.61
WHIPlower is better
Eric Lauer
1.111.47
now 1.39
1.32
Jeffrey Springs
1.111.47
now 1.19
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Lauer
4067.80
now 30
34
Jeffrey Springs
4067.80
now 57
44
Winshigher is better
Eric Lauer
.2003.80
now 2
13
Jeffrey Springs
.2003.80
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.74
SellJeffrey Springs — sell.conf 0.78
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