MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Eric Lauer
Eric Lauer
LAD · P
Change to
Patrick Sandoval
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Patrick Sandoval.

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

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

Patrick Sandoval wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Eric Lauer wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eric Lauer
91.0
Patrick Sandoval
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
9.4%
Patrick Sandoval
12.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
15.3%
Patrick Sandoval
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
32.6%
Patrick Sandoval
31.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
35.0%
Patrick Sandoval
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
11.2%
Patrick Sandoval
5.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Lauer
.333
Patrick Sandoval
.323
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
27.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.50
Patrick Sandoval
27.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.08
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Eric Lauer
1.231.46
now 1.39
1.32
Patrick Sandoval
1.231.46
now 1.38
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Lauer
4048.40
now 30
31
Patrick Sandoval
4048.40
now 5
36
Winshigher is better
Eric Lauer
.0004.20
now 2
13
Patrick Sandoval
.0004.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.73
Hold · wait & seePatrick Sandoval — hold.conf 0.50
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