MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Luinder Avila
Luinder Avila
KC · P
Change to
Portrait of Wandy Peralta
Wandy Peralta
SD · 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

Luinder Avila wins 2 (K, W); Wandy Peralta wins 2 (ERA, 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
Wandy Peralta
96.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Luinder Avila
9.8%
Wandy Peralta
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Luinder Avila
20.2%
Wandy Peralta
15.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Luinder Avila
26.9%
Wandy Peralta
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Luinder Avila
36.2%
Wandy Peralta
33.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Luinder Avila
6.7%
Wandy Peralta
3.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Luinder Avila
.338
Wandy Peralta
.310
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
2.045.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.44
4.46
Wandy Peralta
2.045.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.73
3.91
WHIPlower is better
Luinder Avila
1.301.83
now 1.71
1.52
Wandy Peralta
1.301.83
now 1.44
1.42

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Luinder Avila
4035.60
now 25
30
Wandy Peralta
4035.60
now 19
18
Winshigher is better
Luinder Avila
.0002.80
now 1
12
Wandy Peralta
.0002.80
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellLuinder Avila — sell.conf 0.78
Sell HighWandy Peralta — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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