MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Eric Lauer
Eric Lauer
LAD · P
Change to
Portrait of Matthew Liberatore
Matthew Liberatore
STL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matthew Liberatore.

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

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

Matthew Liberatore wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Eric Lauer wins 1 (WHIP); 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
Matthew Liberatore
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
9.3%
Matthew Liberatore
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
14.7%
Matthew Liberatore
22.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
32.4%
Matthew Liberatore
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
35.5%
Matthew Liberatore
42.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
11.4%
Matthew Liberatore
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Lauer
.341
Matthew Liberatore
.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
3.716.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.66
Matthew Liberatore
3.716.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.59
WHIPlower is better
Eric Lauer
1.261.57
now 1.39
1.33
Matthew Liberatore
1.261.57
now 1.50
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Lauer
4068.20
now 30
29
Matthew Liberatore
4068.20
now 57
34
Winshigher is better
Eric Lauer
.2003.80
now 2
12
Matthew Liberatore
.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 0.81
SellMatthew Liberatore — sell.conf 0.78
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