MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Portrait of Luis Severino
Luis Severino
ATH · P
Change to
Yusei Kikuchi
LAA · 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 wins.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Luis Severino
96.9
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Luis Severino
10.9%
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Luis Severino
24.0%
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Luis Severino
31.3%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Luis Severino
38.7%
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Luis Severino
8.7%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Luis Severino
.318
Yusei Kikuchi
.340
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
3.476.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.16
4.14
Yusei Kikuchi
3.476.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.17
WHIPlower is better
Luis Severino
1.201.69
now 1.47
1.41
Yusei Kikuchi
1.201.69
now 1.58
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Luis Severino
4098.80
now 65
80
Yusei Kikuchi
4098.80
now 33
69
Winshigher is better
Luis Severino
.0004.20
now 2
23
Yusei Kikuchi
.0004.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyLuis Severino — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55
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