MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · July 1, 2026
Portrait of Mark Leiter Jr.
Mark Leiter Jr.
ATH · P
Change to
Matt Strahm
KC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Strahm.

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

Matt Strahm wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Mark Leiter Jr. wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Mark Leiter Jr.
92.3
Matt Strahm
91.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Mark Leiter Jr.
12.9%
Matt Strahm
11.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Mark Leiter Jr.
24.4%
Matt Strahm
17.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Mark Leiter Jr.
34.5%
Matt Strahm
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Mark Leiter Jr.
30.6%
Matt Strahm
40.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Mark Leiter Jr.
3.5%
Matt Strahm
8.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Mark Leiter Jr.
.318
Matt Strahm
.300
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
Mark Leiter Jr.
2.996.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.47
3.72
Matt Strahm
2.996.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Mark Leiter Jr.
1.151.55
now 1.46
1.24
Matt Strahm
1.151.55
now 1.29
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Mark Leiter Jr.
4043.60
now 25
29
Matt Strahm
4043.60
now 17
36
Winshigher is better
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0002.80
now 0
00
Matt Strahm
.0002.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Mark Leiter Jr.
.0008.40
now 4
36
Matt Strahm
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowMark Leiter Jr. — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.80
Hold · wait & seeMatt Strahm — hold.conf 0.50
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