MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Luinder Avila
Luinder Avila
KC · P
Change to
Portrait of Ron Marinaccio
Ron Marinaccio
PIT · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Luinder Avila wins 1 (K); Ron Marinaccio wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Luinder Avila
96.1
Ron Marinaccio
93.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Luinder Avila
10.0%
Ron Marinaccio
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Luinder Avila
20.9%
Ron Marinaccio
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Luinder Avila
27.8%
Ron Marinaccio
26.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Luinder Avila
35.2%
Ron Marinaccio
39.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Luinder Avila
6.1%
Ron Marinaccio
7.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Luinder Avila
.335
Ron Marinaccio
.334
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
3.844.66
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.44
4.40
Ron Marinaccio
3.844.66
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.06
4.38
WHIPlower is better
Luinder Avila
1.081.89
now 1.71
1.48
Ron Marinaccio
1.081.89
now 1.26
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Luinder Avila
4033.60
now 25
28
Ron Marinaccio
4033.60
now 25
23
Winshigher is better
Luinder Avila
.0002.80
now 1
12
Ron Marinaccio
.0002.80
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellLuinder Avila — sell.conf 0.75
SellRon Marinaccio — sell.conf 0.74
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