MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Eric Lauer
Eric Lauer
LAD · P
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Portrait of Trevor Rogers
Trevor Rogers
BAL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Trevor Rogers.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Eric Lauer’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Trevor Rogers wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Eric Lauer wins 1 (W); 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
Trevor Rogers
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
9.3%
Trevor Rogers
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
14.7%
Trevor Rogers
20.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
32.4%
Trevor Rogers
34.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
35.5%
Trevor Rogers
38.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
11.4%
Trevor Rogers
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Lauer
.341
Trevor Rogers
.300
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
2.508.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.66
Trevor Rogers
2.508.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.84
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Eric Lauer
1.201.66
now 1.39
1.33
Trevor Rogers
1.201.66
now 1.56
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Lauer
4043.60
now 30
29
Trevor Rogers
4043.60
now 38
29
Winshigher is better
Eric Lauer
.5202.48
now 2
12
Trevor Rogers
.5202.48
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.81
BuyTrevor Rogers — buy.conf 0.71
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