MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Keider Montero
Keider Montero
DET · P
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Portrait of Lucas Giolito
Lucas Giolito
SD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Keider Montero.

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

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

Keider Montero wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Lucas Giolito wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Keider Montero
94.3
Lucas Giolito
90.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Keider Montero
9.1%
Lucas Giolito
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Keider Montero
17.8%
Lucas Giolito
13.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Keider Montero
27.5%
Lucas Giolito
19.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Keider Montero
37.7%
Lucas Giolito
43.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Keider Montero
7.1%
Lucas Giolito
4.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Keider Montero
.290
Lucas Giolito
.358
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
Keider Montero
2.885.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.69
3.48
Lucas Giolito
2.885.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.97
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Keider Montero
.9002.04
now 1.00
1.19
Lucas Giolito
.9002.04
now 1.74
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Keider Montero
4057.80
now 43
32
Lucas Giolito
4057.80
now 6
24
Winshigher is better
Keider Montero
.00010.80
now 2
12
Lucas Giolito
.00010.80
now 2
38

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyKeider Montero — buy.conf 0.79
Hold · wait & seeLucas Giolito — hold.conf 0.50
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