MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Juan Mejia
Juan Mejia
COL · P
Change to
Portrait of Luinder Avila
Luinder Avila
KC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Juan Mejia.

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

Juan Mejia wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Luinder Avila wins 0 (none); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Juan Mejia
96.9
Luinder Avila
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Juan Mejia
11.1%
Luinder Avila
10.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Juan Mejia
20.4%
Luinder Avila
19.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Juan Mejia
30.2%
Luinder Avila
26.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Juan Mejia
38.8%
Luinder Avila
35.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Juan Mejia
3.7%
Luinder Avila
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Juan Mejia
.332
Luinder Avila
.339
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
Juan Mejia
3.706.66
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
4.36
Luinder Avila
3.706.66
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.44
4.51
WHIPlower is better
Juan Mejia
1.421.79
now 1.70
1.50
Luinder Avila
1.421.79
now 1.71
1.53

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Juan Mejia
4042
now 30
0
Luinder Avila
4042
now 25
0
Winshigher is better
Juan Mejia
.0001.48
now 1
0–0
Luinder Avila
.0001.48
now 1
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellJuan Mejia — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellLuinder Avila — hold.conf 0.60
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