MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Justin Sterner
Justin Sterner
ATH · P
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Portrait of Mark Leiter Jr.
Mark Leiter Jr.
ATH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Justin Sterner.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Justin Sterner wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Mark Leiter Jr. wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Justin Sterner
93.5
Mark Leiter Jr.
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Justin Sterner
15.6%
Mark Leiter Jr.
14.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Justin Sterner
21.7%
Mark Leiter Jr.
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Justin Sterner
33.9%
Mark Leiter Jr.
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Justin Sterner
45.0%
Mark Leiter Jr.
31.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Justin Sterner
9.2%
Mark Leiter Jr.
3.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Justin Sterner
.292
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
Justin Sterner
2.776.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
3.69
Mark Leiter Jr.
2.776.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.47
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Justin Sterner
.9701.60
now 1.11
1.24
Mark Leiter Jr.
.9701.60
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Justin Sterner
4031.60
now 26
21
Mark Leiter Jr.
4031.60
now 25
20
Winshigher is better
Justin Sterner
.0002.80
now 2
12
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Justin Sterner
.0005.60
now 0
0
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0005.60
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJustin Sterner — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMark Leiter Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
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