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

Eric Lauer.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eric Lauer
91.1
Jose Quintana
89.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
9.7%
Jose Quintana
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
15.5%
Jose Quintana
11.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
33.1%
Jose Quintana
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
36.0%
Jose Quintana
32.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
11.0%
Jose Quintana
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Lauer
.342
Jose Quintana
.343
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
3.616.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.69
Jose Quintana
3.616.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.27
4.28
WHIPlower is better
Eric Lauer
1.261.58
now 1.39
1.33
Jose Quintana
1.261.58
now 1.51
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Lauer
4038.80
now 30
9
Jose Quintana
4038.80
now 20
8
Winshigher is better
Eric Lauer
.0002.80
now 2
01
Jose Quintana
.0002.80
now 2
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.82
Hold · wait & seeJose Quintana — hold.conf 0.50
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