MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Jack Leiter
Jack Leiter
TEX · P
Change to
Portrait of Shane Baz
Shane Baz
BAL · 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 WHIP.

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

Jack Leiter wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Shane Baz wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jack Leiter
96.7
Shane Baz
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
12.2%
Shane Baz
10.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
23.4%
Shane Baz
20.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jack Leiter
30.4%
Shane Baz
30.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jack Leiter
39.9%
Shane Baz
42.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jack Leiter
10.3%
Shane Baz
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jack Leiter
.337
Shane Baz
.318
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
3.984.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.58
Shane Baz
3.984.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.48
4.20
WHIPlower is better
Jack Leiter
1.261.50
now 1.33
1.37
Shane Baz
1.261.50
now 1.43
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jack Leiter
41.8083.20
now 74
61
Shane Baz
41.8083.20
now 57
51
Winshigher is better
Jack Leiter
.2003.80
now 3
23
Shane Baz
.2003.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJack Leiter — sell.conf 0.77
Hold · steadyShane Baz — hold.conf 0.60
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