MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 23, 2026
Portrait of Michael Lorenzen
Michael Lorenzen
COL · P
Change to
Rhett Lowder
CIN · 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

Michael Lorenzen wins 2 (K, WHIP); Rhett Lowder wins 2 (ERA, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Michael Lorenzen
94.1
Rhett Lowder
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Michael Lorenzen
8.9%
Rhett Lowder
8.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Michael Lorenzen
17.8%
Rhett Lowder
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Michael Lorenzen
25.4%
Rhett Lowder
24.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Michael Lorenzen
47.2%
Rhett Lowder
39.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Michael Lorenzen
8.9%
Rhett Lowder
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Michael Lorenzen
.361
Rhett Lowder
.352
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
Michael Lorenzen
3.908.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.22
5.06
Rhett Lowder
3.908.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
4.85
WHIPlower is better
Michael Lorenzen
1.272.08
now 1.90
1.45
Rhett Lowder
1.272.08
now 1.45
1.48

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Michael Lorenzen
4073
now 43
61
Rhett Lowder
4073
now 31
53
Winshigher is better
Michael Lorenzen
.0009
now 2
24
Rhett Lowder
.0009
now 3
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellMichael Lorenzen — hold.conf 0.60
SellRhett Lowder — sell.conf 0.90
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