MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Jack Leiter
Jack Leiter
TEX · P
Change to
Jackson Kent
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jackson Kent.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Jackson Kent wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Jack Leiter wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jack Leiter
96.7
Jackson Kent
93.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
12.2%
Jackson Kent
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
23.4%
Jackson Kent
18.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
30.4%
Jackson Kent
30.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jack Leiter
39.9%
Jackson Kent
40.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jack Leiter
10.3%
Jackson Kent
8.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jack Leiter
.337
Jackson Kent
.347
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
Jack Leiter
3.047.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.59
Jackson Kent
3.047.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Jack Leiter
1.022.28
now 1.33
1.37
Jackson Kent
1.022.28
now 2.00
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jack Leiter
40101.20
now 74
14
Jackson Kent
40101.20
now 6
15
Winshigher is better
Jack Leiter
.0004.20
now 3
01
Jackson Kent
.0004.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJack Leiter — sell.conf 0.78
Hold · wait & seeJackson Kent — hold.conf 0.50
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