MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Nathan Eovaldi
Nathan Eovaldi
TEX · P
Change to
Portrait of Spencer Strider
Spencer Strider
ATL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Spencer Strider.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Nathan Eovaldi’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Spencer Strider wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Nathan Eovaldi wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Nathan Eovaldi
94.6
Spencer Strider
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Nathan Eovaldi
16.1%
Spencer Strider
14.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Nathan Eovaldi
25.3%
Spencer Strider
27.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Nathan Eovaldi
36.7%
Spencer Strider
28.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Nathan Eovaldi
41.4%
Spencer Strider
36.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Nathan Eovaldi
8.6%
Spencer Strider
11.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Nathan Eovaldi
.313
Spencer Strider
.290
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
Nathan Eovaldi
3.554.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.93
4.11
Spencer Strider
3.554.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.04
WHIPlower is better
Nathan Eovaldi
1.031.39
now 1.11
1.19
Spencer Strider
1.031.39
now 1.26
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Nathan Eovaldi
4077.80
now 67
40
Spencer Strider
4077.80
now 40
51
Winshigher is better
Nathan Eovaldi
.8006.20
now 5
24
Spencer Strider
.8006.20
now 3
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyNathan Eovaldi — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeSpencer Strider — hold.conf 0.50
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