MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Luinder Avila
Luinder Avila
KC · P
Change to
Matt Svanson
STL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Luinder Avila.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA.

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

Luinder Avila wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Matt Svanson wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Luinder Avila
96.2
Matt Svanson
97.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Luinder Avila
10.1%
Matt Svanson
8.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Luinder Avila
20.1%
Matt Svanson
19.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Luinder Avila
27.4%
Matt Svanson
24.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Luinder Avila
34.0%
Matt Svanson
43.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Luinder Avila
6.2%
Matt Svanson
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Luinder Avila
.337
Matt Svanson
.368
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
Luinder Avila
2.698.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.44
4.43
Matt Svanson
2.698.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.77
5.14
WHIPlower is better
Luinder Avila
1.222.16
now 1.71
1.51
Matt Svanson
1.222.16
now 1.95
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Luinder Avila
4031.60
now 25
26
Matt Svanson
4031.60
now 26
22
Winshigher is better
Luinder Avila
.0001.48
now 1
11
Matt Svanson
.0001.48
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellLuinder Avila — sell.conf 0.77
Hold · leans sellMatt Svanson — hold.conf 0.60
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