MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Grayson Rodriguez
Grayson Rodriguez
LAA · P
Change to
Rhett Lowder
CIN · 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

Grayson Rodriguez wins 2 (K, W); Rhett Lowder wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
96.1
Rhett Lowder
93.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
10.7%
Rhett Lowder
9.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
17.3%
Rhett Lowder
18.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
25.5%
Rhett Lowder
26.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grayson Rodriguez
52.4%
Rhett Lowder
40.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grayson Rodriguez
11.6%
Rhett Lowder
9.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grayson Rodriguez
.414
Rhett Lowder
.359
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
Grayson Rodriguez
48.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.53
6.60
Rhett Lowder
48.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
5.08
WHIPlower is better
Grayson Rodriguez
1.361.76
now 1.67
1.47
Rhett Lowder
1.361.76
now 1.45
1.46

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grayson Rodriguez
4056
now 14
44
Rhett Lowder
4056
now 31
30
Winshigher is better
Grayson Rodriguez
.0009
now 2
37
Rhett Lowder
.0009
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellGrayson Rodriguez — sell.conf 0.90
SellRhett Lowder — sell.conf 0.90
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