MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Jack Leiter
Jack Leiter
TEX · P
Change to
Kris Bubic
KC · 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

Jack Leiter wins 2 (K, WHIP); Kris Bubic wins 2 (ERA, 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
Kris Bubic
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
12.2%
Kris Bubic
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
23.4%
Kris Bubic
24.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
30.4%
Kris Bubic
28.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jack Leiter
39.9%
Kris Bubic
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jack Leiter
10.3%
Kris Bubic
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jack Leiter
.336
Kris Bubic
.327
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
3.894.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.55
Kris Bubic
3.894.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.11
4.37
WHIPlower is better
Jack Leiter
1.161.48
now 1.33
1.37
Kris Bubic
1.161.48
now 1.23
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jack Leiter
4085.60
now 74
54
Kris Bubic
4085.60
now 51
45
Winshigher is better
Jack Leiter
.0005.20
now 3
13
Kris Bubic
.0005.20
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJack Leiter — sell.conf 0.76
Sell HighKris Bubic — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.81
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