MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Grayson Rodriguez
Grayson Rodriguez
LAA · P
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Portrait of Seth Lugo
Seth Lugo
KC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Seth Lugo.

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

Seth Lugo wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Grayson Rodriguez wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
96.2
Seth Lugo
91.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
10.9%
Seth Lugo
8.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
17.9%
Seth Lugo
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
26.3%
Seth Lugo
24.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grayson Rodriguez
49.7%
Seth Lugo
43.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grayson Rodriguez
11.5%
Seth Lugo
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grayson Rodriguez
.399
Seth Lugo
.352
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.53
6.12
Seth Lugo
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.55
4.91
WHIPlower is better
Grayson Rodriguez
1.221.80
now 1.67
1.43
Seth Lugo
1.221.80
now 1.35
1.40

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grayson Rodriguez
4078.40
now 14
36
Seth Lugo
4078.40
now 60
37
Winshigher is better
Grayson Rodriguez
.0008
now 2
36
Seth Lugo
.0008
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellGrayson Rodriguez — sell.conf 0.90
SellSeth Lugo — sell.conf 0.90
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