MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Miles Mikolas
Miles Mikolas
WSH · P
Change to
Rhett Lowder
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Miles Mikolas.

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

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

Miles Mikolas wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Rhett Lowder wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Miles Mikolas
93.3
Rhett Lowder
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Miles Mikolas
7.0%
Rhett Lowder
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Miles Mikolas
12.0%
Rhett Lowder
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Miles Mikolas
28.8%
Rhett Lowder
26.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Miles Mikolas
42.1%
Rhett Lowder
39.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Miles Mikolas
8.9%
Rhett Lowder
9.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Miles Mikolas
.348
Rhett Lowder
.350
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
Miles Mikolas
4.326.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.08
4.82
Rhett Lowder
4.326.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
4.86
WHIPlower is better
Miles Mikolas
1.251.52
now 1.41
1.32
Rhett Lowder
1.251.52
now 1.45
1.44

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Miles Mikolas
4037.60
now 32
29
Rhett Lowder
4037.60
now 31
29
Winshigher is better
Miles Mikolas
.0005.20
now 1
11
Rhett Lowder
.0005.20
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellMiles Mikolas — sell.conf 0.88
SellRhett Lowder — sell.conf 0.90
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