MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Gregory Soto
Gregory Soto
PIT · P
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Portrait of Lucas Erceg
Lucas Erceg
KC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Gregory Soto.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Gregory Soto wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Lucas Erceg wins 1 (SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gregory Soto
97.1
Lucas Erceg
97.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gregory Soto
11.8%
Lucas Erceg
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gregory Soto
27.9%
Lucas Erceg
15.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gregory Soto
29.2%
Lucas Erceg
27.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gregory Soto
33.6%
Lucas Erceg
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gregory Soto
5.5%
Lucas Erceg
5.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gregory Soto
.274
Lucas Erceg
.328
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
Gregory Soto
28.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.95
3.66
Lucas Erceg
28.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.33
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Gregory Soto
.9002.38
now 0.76
1.24
Lucas Erceg
.9002.38
now 1.92
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gregory Soto
4037.60
now 32
19
Lucas Erceg
4037.60
now 18
18
Winshigher is better
Gregory Soto
1.204.80
now 4
24
Lucas Erceg
1.204.80
now 3
23
Saveshigher is better
Gregory Soto
.00014.20
now 7
36
Lucas Erceg
.00014.20
now 11
611
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGregory Soto — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeLucas Erceg — hold.conf 0.55
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