MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Griffin Canning
Griffin Canning
SD · P
Change to
Portrait of Nick Lodolo
Nick Lodolo
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

Griffin Canning wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Nick Lodolo wins 2 (K, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Griffin Canning
94.4
Nick Lodolo
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Griffin Canning
11.1%
Nick Lodolo
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Griffin Canning
22.5%
Nick Lodolo
17.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Griffin Canning
26.3%
Nick Lodolo
29.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Griffin Canning
47.3%
Nick Lodolo
38.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Griffin Canning
10.0%
Nick Lodolo
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Griffin Canning
.334
Nick Lodolo
.373
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
Griffin Canning
3.458.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.16
4.51
Nick Lodolo
3.458.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.20
5.41
WHIPlower is better
Griffin Canning
1.301.62
now 1.55
1.42
Nick Lodolo
1.301.62
now 1.37
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Griffin Canning
4037.60
now 27
31
Nick Lodolo
4037.60
now 22
32
Winshigher is better
Griffin Canning
.0004.20
now 0
00
Nick Lodolo
.0004.20
now 2
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellGriffin Canning — hold.conf 0.60
SellNick Lodolo — sell.conf 0.90
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