MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Eric Lauer
Eric Lauer
LAD · P
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Portrait of Michael McGreevy
Michael McGreevy
STL · 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 ERA. Michael McGreevy’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, ERA); Michael McGreevy 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
Michael McGreevy
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
9.6%
Michael McGreevy
8.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
15.0%
Michael McGreevy
16.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
32.8%
Michael McGreevy
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
35.7%
Michael McGreevy
42.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
11.4%
Michael McGreevy
10.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Lauer
.340
Michael McGreevy
.355
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
27.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.65
Michael McGreevy
27.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.98
4.99
WHIPlower is better
Eric Lauer
.9801.51
now 1.39
1.34
Michael McGreevy
.9801.51
now 1.10
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Lauer
4049.60
now 30
36
Michael McGreevy
4049.60
now 44
33
Winshigher is better
Eric Lauer
.2003.80
now 2
13
Michael McGreevy
.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
Sell HighMichael McGreevy — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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