MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Jack Leiter
Jack Leiter
TEX · P
Change to
Mick Abel
MIN · 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, W); Mick Abel wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jack Leiter
96.7
Mick Abel
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
12.1%
Mick Abel
14.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
23.6%
Mick Abel
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
29.5%
Mick Abel
33.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jack Leiter
40.2%
Mick Abel
40.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jack Leiter
10.0%
Mick Abel
5.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jack Leiter
.333
Mick Abel
.350
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
3.764.63
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.41
Mick Abel
3.764.63
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.98
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Jack Leiter
1.191.68
now 1.33
1.36
Mick Abel
1.191.68
now 1.57
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jack Leiter
40129.40
now 74
99
Mick Abel
40129.40
now 23
75
Winshigher is better
Jack Leiter
.0008
now 3
36
Mick Abel
.0008
now 1
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJack Leiter — sell.conf 0.69
Hold · wait & seeMick Abel — hold.conf 0.50
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