MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Josh Ekness
MIA · P
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Portrait of Mark Leiter Jr.
Mark Leiter Jr.
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Josh Ekness.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Josh Ekness wins 1 categories (ERA); Mark Leiter Jr. wins 0 (none); 4 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Josh Ekness
97.7
Mark Leiter Jr.
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Josh Ekness
8.1%
Mark Leiter Jr.
14.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Josh Ekness
15.4%
Mark Leiter Jr.
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Josh Ekness
22.4%
Mark Leiter Jr.
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Josh Ekness
34.3%
Mark Leiter Jr.
31.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Josh Ekness
7.1%
Mark Leiter Jr.
3.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Josh Ekness
.343
Mark Leiter Jr.
.316
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
Josh Ekness
26.98
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.69
3.70
Mark Leiter Jr.
26.98
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.47
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Josh Ekness
1.151.55
now 1.31
1.24
Mark Leiter Jr.
1.151.55
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Josh Ekness
4033.40
now 5
4
Mark Leiter Jr.
4033.40
now 25
4
Winshigher is better
Josh Ekness
.000.480
now 0
00
Mark Leiter Jr.
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Josh Ekness
.0005.60
now 1
01
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0005.60
now 4
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJosh Ekness — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.83
Hold · wait & seeMark Leiter Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
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