MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Lucas Giolito
Lucas Giolito
SD · P
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Portrait of Ranger Suarez
Ranger Suarez
BOS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ranger Suarez.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Lucas Giolito
90.8
Ranger Suarez
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Lucas Giolito
9.8%
Ranger Suarez
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Lucas Giolito
13.0%
Ranger Suarez
25.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Lucas Giolito
19.0%
Ranger Suarez
31.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Lucas Giolito
43.8%
Ranger Suarez
33.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Lucas Giolito
4.2%
Ranger Suarez
4.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Lucas Giolito
.357
Ranger Suarez
.286
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
Lucas Giolito
2.745.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.97
4.10
Ranger Suarez
2.745.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.38
WHIPlower is better
Lucas Giolito
.9301.97
now 1.74
1.30
Ranger Suarez
.9301.97
now 1.16
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Lucas Giolito
4077.40
now 6
23
Ranger Suarez
4077.40
now 57
38
Winshigher is better
Lucas Giolito
.0009.40
now 2
37
Ranger Suarez
.0009.40
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeLucas Giolito — hold.conf 0.50
BuyRanger Suarez — buy.conf 0.82
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