MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Luis Severino
Luis Severino
ATH · P
Change to
Portrait of Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai
HOU · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Luis Severino.

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

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

Luis Severino wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Tatsuya Imai wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Luis Severino
96.9
Tatsuya Imai
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Luis Severino
10.9%
Tatsuya Imai
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Luis Severino
24.0%
Tatsuya Imai
27.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Luis Severino
31.3%
Tatsuya Imai
27.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Luis Severino
38.7%
Tatsuya Imai
45.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Luis Severino
8.7%
Tatsuya Imai
9.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Luis Severino
.318
Tatsuya Imai
.335
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
Luis Severino
3.626.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.16
4.20
Tatsuya Imai
3.626.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.54
WHIPlower is better
Luis Severino
1.291.54
now 1.47
1.41
Tatsuya Imai
1.291.54
now 1.36
1.45

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Luis Severino
4087.40
now 65
13
Tatsuya Imai
4087.40
now 28
9
Winshigher is better
Luis Severino
.0002.80
now 2
01
Tatsuya Imai
.0002.80
now 2
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellLuis Severino — hold.conf 0.60
SellTatsuya Imai — sell.conf 0.75
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