MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Luke Weaver
Luke Weaver
PIT · P
Change to
Ty Madden
DET · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Luke Weaver.

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

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

Luke Weaver wins 2 categories (ERA, W); Ty Madden wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Luke Weaver
95.3
Ty Madden
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Luke Weaver
16.0%
Ty Madden
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Luke Weaver
26.6%
Ty Madden
27.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Luke Weaver
34.0%
Ty Madden
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Luke Weaver
34.2%
Ty Madden
31.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Luke Weaver
8.1%
Ty Madden
5.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Luke Weaver
.263
Ty Madden
.270
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
Luke Weaver
2.404.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.77
3.65
Ty Madden
2.404.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.07
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Luke Weaver
.9001.36
now 1.04
1.24
Ty Madden
.9001.36
now 0.95
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Luke Weaver
4030.60
now 25
14
Ty Madden
4030.60
now 16
25
Winshigher is better
Luke Weaver
.0002.80
now 2
12
Ty Madden
.0002.80
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighLuke Weaver — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighTy Madden — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
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