MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Julian Garcia
CIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Mark Leiter Jr.
Mark Leiter Jr.
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Julian Garcia.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Julian Garcia wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Mark Leiter Jr. wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Julian Garcia
92.3
Mark Leiter Jr.
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Julian Garcia
12.2%
Mark Leiter Jr.
14.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Julian Garcia
22.1%
Mark Leiter Jr.
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Julian Garcia
28.5%
Mark Leiter Jr.
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Julian Garcia
26.5%
Mark Leiter Jr.
31.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Julian Garcia
4.1%
Mark Leiter Jr.
3.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Julian Garcia
.261
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
Julian Garcia
2.996.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
Mark Leiter Jr.
2.996.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.47
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Julian Garcia
1.101.56
now 1.20
1.24
Mark Leiter Jr.
1.101.56
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Julian Garcia
4039.40
now 3
29
Mark Leiter Jr.
4039.40
now 25
15
Winshigher is better
Julian Garcia
.000.480
now 0
00
Mark Leiter Jr.
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Julian Garcia
.0005.60
now 0
0
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0005.60
now 4
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJulian Garcia — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.75
Hold · wait & seeMark Leiter Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
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