MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Jameson Taillon
Jameson Taillon
TOR · P
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Portrait of Seth Lugo
Seth Lugo
KC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Seth Lugo.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA.

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

Seth Lugo wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Jameson Taillon wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
91.8
Seth Lugo
91.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
11.9%
Seth Lugo
8.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
20.9%
Seth Lugo
18.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
30.7%
Seth Lugo
24.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
38.9%
Seth Lugo
44.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
15.7%
Seth Lugo
9.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
.366
Seth Lugo
.353
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
Jameson Taillon
2.826.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.37
5.24
Seth Lugo
2.826.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.55
4.93
WHIPlower is better
Jameson Taillon
1.211.45
now 1.28
1.31
Seth Lugo
1.211.45
now 1.35
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jameson Taillon
4069.60
now 51
36
Seth Lugo
4069.60
now 60
41
Winshigher is better
Jameson Taillon
.5202.48
now 2
12
Seth Lugo
.5202.48
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJameson Taillon — sell.conf 0.90
SellSeth Lugo — sell.conf 0.90
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