MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 27, 2026
Portrait of Jeffrey Springs
Jeffrey Springs
ATH · P
Change to
Lance McCullers Jr.
HOU · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Lance McCullers Jr..

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Jeffrey Springs’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Lance McCullers Jr. wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Jeffrey Springs 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
Jeffrey Springs
91.4
Lance McCullers Jr.
91.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jeffrey Springs
11.3%
Lance McCullers Jr.
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jeffrey Springs
20.6%
Lance McCullers Jr.
25.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jeffrey Springs
31.6%
Lance McCullers Jr.
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jeffrey Springs
36.3%
Lance McCullers Jr.
50.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jeffrey Springs
9.6%
Lance McCullers Jr.
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jeffrey Springs
.326
Lance McCullers Jr.
.329
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
Jeffrey Springs
2.957.98
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.07
4.29
Lance McCullers Jr.
2.957.98
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.86
4.17
WHIPlower is better
Jeffrey Springs
1.051.67
now 1.19
1.31
Lance McCullers Jr.
1.051.67
now 1.53
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jeffrey Springs
4090.60
now 57
73
Lance McCullers Jr.
4090.60
now 43
77
Winshigher is better
Jeffrey Springs
.8006.20
now 3
25
Lance McCullers Jr.
.8006.20
now 2
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJeffrey Springs — sell.conf 0.64
Hold · wait & seeLance McCullers Jr. — hold.conf 0.55
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