MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Kumar Rocker
Kumar Rocker
TEX · P
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Portrait of Nick Lodolo
Nick Lodolo
CIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Kumar Rocker wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Nick Lodolo wins 2 (K, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
94.5
Nick Lodolo
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
12.4%
Nick Lodolo
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
21.4%
Nick Lodolo
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
31.1%
Nick Lodolo
29.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kumar Rocker
39.8%
Nick Lodolo
40.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kumar Rocker
7.6%
Nick Lodolo
9.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kumar Rocker
.329
Nick Lodolo
.380
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
Kumar Rocker
2.716.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
4.42
Nick Lodolo
2.716.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.20
5.61
WHIPlower is better
Kumar Rocker
1.251.50
now 1.32
1.39
Nick Lodolo
1.251.50
now 1.37
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kumar Rocker
4058
now 44
9
Nick Lodolo
4058
now 22
10
Winshigher is better
Kumar Rocker
.0002.80
now 2
01
Nick Lodolo
.0002.80
now 2
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellKumar Rocker — sell.conf 0.70
SellNick Lodolo — sell.conf 0.90
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