MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 14, 2026
JR Ritchie
ATL · P
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Portrait of Nick Lodolo
Nick Lodolo
CIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nick Lodolo.

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

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

Nick Lodolo wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); JR Ritchie wins 1 (ERA); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
JR Ritchie
94.5
Nick Lodolo
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
JR Ritchie
9.5%
Nick Lodolo
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
JR Ritchie
20.4%
Nick Lodolo
17.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
JR Ritchie
25.7%
Nick Lodolo
29.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
JR Ritchie
37.7%
Nick Lodolo
38.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
JR Ritchie
7.2%
Nick Lodolo
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
JR Ritchie
.330
Nick Lodolo
.373
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
4.025.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.56
4.41
Nick Lodolo
4.025.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.20
5.39
WHIPlower is better
JR Ritchie
1.301.57
now 1.44
1.50
Nick Lodolo
1.301.57
now 1.37
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
JR Ritchie
4061.60
now 21
43
Nick Lodolo
4061.60
now 22
50
Winshigher is better
JR Ritchie
.0006.60
now 1
13
Nick Lodolo
.0006.60
now 2
35

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJR Ritchie — sell.conf 0.69
SellNick Lodolo — sell.conf 0.90
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