MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
JR Ritchie
ATL · P
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Portrait of Michael Lorenzen
Michael Lorenzen
COL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

JR Ritchie.

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

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

JR Ritchie wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Michael Lorenzen wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
JR Ritchie
94.5
Michael Lorenzen
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
JR Ritchie
9.8%
Michael Lorenzen
8.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
JR Ritchie
20.8%
Michael Lorenzen
15.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
JR Ritchie
25.8%
Michael Lorenzen
25.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
JR Ritchie
38.0%
Michael Lorenzen
46.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
JR Ritchie
8.7%
Michael Lorenzen
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
JR Ritchie
.336
Michael Lorenzen
.360
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
JR Ritchie
3.488.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.56
4.55
Michael Lorenzen
3.488.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.22
5.09
WHIPlower is better
JR Ritchie
1.262.08
now 1.44
1.49
Michael Lorenzen
1.262.08
now 1.90
1.51

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
JR Ritchie
4051.80
now 21
30
Michael Lorenzen
4051.80
now 43
32
Winshigher is better
JR Ritchie
.5202.48
now 1
12
Michael Lorenzen
.5202.48
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJR Ritchie — sell.conf 0.76
SellMichael Lorenzen — sell.conf 0.90
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