MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Lance McCullers Jr.
HOU · P
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Portrait of Walbert Ureña
Walbert Ureña
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Lance McCullers Jr..

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP. Walbert Ureña’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Lance McCullers Jr. wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Walbert Ureña wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Lance McCullers Jr.
91.6
Walbert Ureña
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Lance McCullers Jr.
11.6%
Walbert Ureña
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Lance McCullers Jr.
25.0%
Walbert Ureña
22.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Lance McCullers Jr.
27.3%
Walbert Ureña
30.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Lance McCullers Jr.
50.5%
Walbert Ureña
33.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Lance McCullers Jr.
8.6%
Walbert Ureña
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Lance McCullers Jr.
.329
Walbert Ureña
.283
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
Lance McCullers Jr.
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.86
4.17
Walbert Ureña
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.44
3.24
WHIPlower is better
Lance McCullers Jr.
1.261.61
now 1.53
1.34
Walbert Ureña
1.261.61
now 1.38
1.42

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Lance McCullers Jr.
4090
now 43
76
Walbert Ureña
4090
now 41
62
Winshigher is better
Lance McCullers Jr.
.8006.20
now 2
25
Walbert Ureña
.8006.20
now 2
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeLance McCullers Jr. — hold.conf 0.55
BuyWalbert Ureña — buy.conf 0.86
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