MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of José Soriano
José Soriano
LAA · P
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Portrait of Peter Lambert
Peter Lambert
HOU · P
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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

José Soriano wins 2 (K, W); Peter Lambert wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
José Soriano
97.3
Peter Lambert
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
José Soriano
15.1%
Peter Lambert
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
José Soriano
25.8%
Peter Lambert
22.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
José Soriano
32.3%
Peter Lambert
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
José Soriano
37.0%
Peter Lambert
38.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
José Soriano
8.3%
Peter Lambert
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
José Soriano
.320
Peter Lambert
.293
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
José Soriano
2.124.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.72
4.22
Peter Lambert
2.124.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.54
WHIPlower is better
José Soriano
1.141.43
now 1.21
1.36
Peter Lambert
1.141.43
now 1.21
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
José Soriano
40101.80
now 85
76
Peter Lambert
40101.80
now 43
54
Winshigher is better
José Soriano
2.409.60
now 6
48
Peter Lambert
2.409.60
now 4
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellJosé Soriano — hold.conf 0.60
BuyPeter Lambert — buy.conf 0.77
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