MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Eric Lauer
Eric Lauer
LAD · P
Change to
Yusei Kikuchi
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yusei Kikuchi.

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

Yusei Kikuchi 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
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
9.3%
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
14.7%
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
32.4%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
35.5%
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
11.4%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Lauer
.341
Yusei Kikuchi
.340
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
3.476.66
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.66
Yusei Kikuchi
3.476.66
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Eric Lauer
1.201.69
now 1.39
1.33
Yusei Kikuchi
1.201.69
now 1.58
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Lauer
4041.60
now 30
30
Yusei Kikuchi
4041.60
now 33
36
Winshigher is better
Eric Lauer
.0002.80
now 2
12
Yusei Kikuchi
.0002.80
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.81
Hold · wait & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55
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