MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Graham Ashcraft
Graham Ashcraft
CIN · P
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Portrait of Mark Leiter Jr.
Mark Leiter Jr.
ATH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mark Leiter Jr..

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Mark Leiter Jr. wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Graham Ashcraft wins 2 (ERA, W).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
98.0
Mark Leiter Jr.
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
14.7%
Mark Leiter Jr.
14.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
29.4%
Mark Leiter Jr.
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
33.3%
Mark Leiter Jr.
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
36.1%
Mark Leiter Jr.
31.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
6.6%
Mark Leiter Jr.
3.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
.286
Mark Leiter Jr.
.316
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
Graham Ashcraft
2.476.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.68
Mark Leiter Jr.
2.476.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.47
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Graham Ashcraft
1.121.56
now 1.22
1.26
Mark Leiter Jr.
1.121.56
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
4039.20
now 32
14
Mark Leiter Jr.
4039.20
now 25
15
Winshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
.0001.48
now 1
01
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
.0005.60
now 1
01
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0005.60
now 4
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGraham Ashcraft — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMark Leiter Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
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