MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Erick Fedde
Erick Fedde
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Michael Lorenzen
Michael Lorenzen
COL · 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

Erick Fedde wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Michael Lorenzen wins 2 (K, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Erick Fedde
94.4
Michael Lorenzen
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Erick Fedde
7.7%
Michael Lorenzen
8.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Erick Fedde
16.4%
Michael Lorenzen
15.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Erick Fedde
24.0%
Michael Lorenzen
24.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Erick Fedde
39.8%
Michael Lorenzen
46.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Erick Fedde
7.8%
Michael Lorenzen
9.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Erick Fedde
.331
Michael Lorenzen
.366
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
Erick Fedde
3.348.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
4.45
Michael Lorenzen
3.348.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.22
5.23
WHIPlower is better
Erick Fedde
1.162.11
now 1.48
1.37
Michael Lorenzen
1.162.11
now 1.90
1.54

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Erick Fedde
4051
now 34
23
Michael Lorenzen
4051
now 43
29
Winshigher is better
Erick Fedde
.0002.80
now 0
00
Michael Lorenzen
.0002.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellErick Fedde — sell.conf 0.71
SellMichael Lorenzen — sell.conf 0.90
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