MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 11, 2026
Portrait of Eric Lauer
Eric Lauer
LAD · P
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Portrait of Shane Baz
Shane Baz
BAL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Eric Lauer wins 2 (WHIP, W); Shane Baz wins 2 (K, ERA); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eric Lauer
90.9
Shane Baz
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
9.4%
Shane Baz
10.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
14.5%
Shane Baz
19.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
32.2%
Shane Baz
29.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
35.5%
Shane Baz
41.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
10.9%
Shane Baz
7.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Lauer
.341
Shane Baz
.328
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
3.756.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.65
Shane Baz
3.756.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.48
4.38
WHIPlower is better
Eric Lauer
1.291.50
now 1.39
1.36
Shane Baz
1.291.50
now 1.43
1.40

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Lauer
4073.40
now 30
48
Shane Baz
4073.40
now 57
61
Winshigher is better
Eric Lauer
.0005.20
now 2
24
Shane Baz
.0005.20
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.80
SellShane Baz — sell.conf 0.68
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