MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
JR Ritchie
ATL · P
Change to
Rhett Lowder
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
◀
ERA
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

JR Ritchie wins 1 (ERA); Rhett Lowder wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
JR Ritchie
94.7
Rhett Lowder
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
JR Ritchie
10.0%
Rhett Lowder
8.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
JR Ritchie
22.0%
Rhett Lowder
17.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
JR Ritchie
26.2%
Rhett Lowder
26.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
JR Ritchie
39.6%
Rhett Lowder
39.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
JR Ritchie
9.6%
Rhett Lowder
9.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
JR Ritchie
.338
Rhett Lowder
.355
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
4.345.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.56
4.63
Rhett Lowder
4.345.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
5.01
WHIPlower is better
JR Ritchie
1.371.54
now 1.44
1.47
Rhett Lowder
1.371.54
now 1.45
1.45

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
JR Ritchie
4043.40
now 21
0
Rhett Lowder
4043.40
now 31
0
Winshigher is better
JR Ritchie
.0004.20
now 1
0–0
Rhett Lowder
.0004.20
now 3
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJR Ritchie — sell.conf 0.80
Hold · leans sellRhett Lowder — hold.conf 0.60
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