MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Luinder Avila
Luinder Avila
KC · P
Change to
Ryan Johnson
LAA · 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, ERA, and wins.

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

Luinder Avila wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Ryan Johnson wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Luinder Avila
96.1
Ryan Johnson
92.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Luinder Avila
10.1%
Ryan Johnson
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Luinder Avila
19.7%
Ryan Johnson
17.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Luinder Avila
26.9%
Ryan Johnson
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Luinder Avila
35.3%
Ryan Johnson
36.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Luinder Avila
5.9%
Ryan Johnson
9.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Luinder Avila
.339
Ryan Johnson
.351
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.44
4.48
Ryan Johnson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.83
4.75
WHIPlower is better
Luinder Avila
1.032.55
now 1.71
1.53
Ryan Johnson
1.032.55
now 2.33
1.40

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Luinder Avila
4032.20
now 25
23
Ryan Johnson
4032.20
now 7
11
Winshigher is better
Luinder Avila
.0001.48
now 1
01
Ryan Johnson
.0001.48
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellLuinder Avila — hold.conf 0.60
SellRyan Johnson — sell.conf 0.90
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