MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Lucas Giolito
Lucas Giolito
SD · P
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Portrait of Shane McClanahan
Shane McClanahan
TB · 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

Lucas Giolito wins 2 (ERA, W); Shane McClanahan wins 2 (K, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Lucas Giolito
90.8
Shane McClanahan
95.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Lucas Giolito
9.8%
Shane McClanahan
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Lucas Giolito
13.0%
Shane McClanahan
21.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Lucas Giolito
19.0%
Shane McClanahan
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Lucas Giolito
43.8%
Shane McClanahan
41.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Lucas Giolito
4.2%
Shane McClanahan
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Lucas Giolito
.358
Shane McClanahan
.318
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
25.98
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.97
4.10
Shane McClanahan
25.98
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
4.20
WHIPlower is better
Lucas Giolito
.9002.03
now 1.74
1.30
Shane McClanahan
.9002.03
now 1.02
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Lucas Giolito
4071.80
now 6
7
Shane McClanahan
4071.80
now 53
13
Winshigher is better
Lucas Giolito
.0008
now 2
12
Shane McClanahan
.0008
now 6
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
Sell HighShane McClanahan — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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