MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Leahy
Kyle Leahy
STL · P
Change to
Max Scherzer
TOR · P
Change to
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

Kyle Leahy wins 2 (K, W); Max Scherzer wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
94.1
Max Scherzer
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
10.0%
Max Scherzer
8.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
20.0%
Max Scherzer
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
26.0%
Max Scherzer
31.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kyle Leahy
48.8%
Max Scherzer
38.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kyle Leahy
10.5%
Max Scherzer
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kyle Leahy
.348
Max Scherzer
.355
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
Kyle Leahy
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.25
4.81
Max Scherzer
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.23
4.12
WHIPlower is better
Kyle Leahy
1.131.90
now 1.56
1.36
Max Scherzer
1.131.90
now 1.73
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kyle Leahy
4058.80
now 46
32
Max Scherzer
4058.80
now 14
28
Winshigher is better
Kyle Leahy
.0006.60
now 5
25
Max Scherzer
.0006.60
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellKyle Leahy — sell.conf 0.88
Hold · wait & seeMax Scherzer — hold.conf 0.50
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