MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Jack Leiter
Jack Leiter
TEX · P
Change to
Portrait of Michael King
Michael King
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jack Leiter.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Michael King’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Jack Leiter wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Michael King wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jack Leiter
96.7
Michael King
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
12.1%
Michael King
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
23.6%
Michael King
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
29.5%
Michael King
27.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jack Leiter
40.2%
Michael King
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jack Leiter
10.0%
Michael King
9.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jack Leiter
.333
Michael King
.338
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
Jack Leiter
2.645.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.41
Michael King
2.645.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.18
4.52
WHIPlower is better
Jack Leiter
1.041.45
now 1.33
1.36
Michael King
1.041.45
now 1.13
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jack Leiter
51.40112.60
now 74
99
Michael King
51.40112.60
now 65
95
Winshigher is better
Jack Leiter
1.408.60
now 3
36
Michael King
1.408.60
now 4
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJack Leiter — sell.conf 0.69
Sell HighMichael King — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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