MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 11, 2026
Portrait of Eric Lauer
Eric Lauer
LAD · P
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Portrait of Martín Pérez
Martín Pérez
ATL · 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. Martín Pérez’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Eric Lauer wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Martín Pérez 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
90.9
Martín Pérez
90.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
9.4%
Martín Pérez
9.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
14.5%
Martín Pérez
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
32.2%
Martín Pérez
26.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
35.5%
Martín Pérez
36.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
10.9%
Martín Pérez
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Lauer
.341
Martín Pérez
.330
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
27.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.65
Martín Pérez
27.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.79
4.42
WHIPlower is better
Eric Lauer
.9301.52
now 1.39
1.36
Martín Pérez
.9301.52
now 1.06
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Lauer
4055.20
now 30
48
Martín Pérez
4055.20
now 42
45
Winshigher is better
Eric Lauer
.8006.20
now 2
24
Martín Pérez
.8006.20
now 3
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.80
Sell HighMartín Pérez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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