MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Jake Irvin
WSH · P
Change to
Rhett Lowder
CIN · 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

Jake Irvin wins 2 (K, WHIP); Rhett Lowder wins 2 (ERA, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jake Irvin
92.9
Rhett Lowder
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jake Irvin
11.6%
Rhett Lowder
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jake Irvin
23.8%
Rhett Lowder
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jake Irvin
24.6%
Rhett Lowder
26.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jake Irvin
45.9%
Rhett Lowder
39.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jake Irvin
13.2%
Rhett Lowder
9.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jake Irvin
.358
Rhett Lowder
.350
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
Jake Irvin
4.645.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
5.05
Rhett Lowder
4.645.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
4.86
WHIPlower is better
Jake Irvin
1.271.52
now 1.35
1.34
Rhett Lowder
1.271.52
now 1.45
1.44

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jake Irvin
4070.40
now 58
39
Rhett Lowder
4070.40
now 31
27
Winshigher is better
Jake Irvin
.0005.20
now 2
12
Rhett Lowder
.0005.20
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJake Irvin — sell.conf 0.90
SellRhett Lowder — sell.conf 0.90
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