MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Foster Griffin
Foster Griffin
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of Jesús Luzardo
Jesús Luzardo
PHI · 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

Foster Griffin wins 2 (WHIP, W); Jesús Luzardo wins 2 (K, ERA); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Foster Griffin
91.5
Jesús Luzardo
97.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Foster Griffin
12.3%
Jesús Luzardo
14.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Foster Griffin
23.5%
Jesús Luzardo
29.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Foster Griffin
33.6%
Jesús Luzardo
33.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Foster Griffin
37.2%
Jesús Luzardo
30.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Foster Griffin
9.5%
Jesús Luzardo
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Foster Griffin
.305
Jesús Luzardo
.266
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
Foster Griffin
2.354.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.76
3.88
Jesús Luzardo
2.354.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.30
2.91
WHIPlower is better
Foster Griffin
1.071.38
now 1.15
1.14
Jesús Luzardo
1.071.38
now 1.31
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Foster Griffin
4388
now 65
53
Jesús Luzardo
4388
now 78
63
Winshigher is better
Foster Griffin
.0009
now 6
37
Jesús Luzardo
.0009
now 4
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighFoster Griffin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Buy LowJesús Luzardo — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.76
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