MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Eric Lauer
Eric Lauer
LAD · P
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Portrait of Mike Burrows
Mike Burrows
HOU · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mike Burrows.

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

Mike Burrows 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
Mike Burrows
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
9.6%
Mike Burrows
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
15.0%
Mike Burrows
17.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
32.8%
Mike Burrows
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
35.7%
Mike Burrows
38.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
11.4%
Mike Burrows
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Lauer
.340
Mike Burrows
.336
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
4.026.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.65
Mike Burrows
4.026.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
4.57
WHIPlower is better
Eric Lauer
1.271.52
now 1.39
1.34
Mike Burrows
1.271.52
now 1.45
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Lauer
4063.60
now 30
36
Mike Burrows
4063.60
now 54
46
Winshigher is better
Eric Lauer
.2003.80
now 2
13
Mike Burrows
.2003.80
now 3
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.81
Hold · leans sellMike Burrows — hold.conf 0.60
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