MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Nick Lodolo
Nick Lodolo
CIN · P
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Portrait of Seth Lugo
Seth Lugo
KC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Seth Lugo.

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

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

Seth Lugo wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Nick Lodolo wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Nick Lodolo
94.0
Seth Lugo
91.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Nick Lodolo
9.7%
Seth Lugo
8.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Nick Lodolo
17.9%
Seth Lugo
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Nick Lodolo
29.0%
Seth Lugo
24.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Nick Lodolo
38.3%
Seth Lugo
43.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Nick Lodolo
7.8%
Seth Lugo
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Nick Lodolo
.373
Seth Lugo
.352
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
Nick Lodolo
2.816.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.20
5.41
Seth Lugo
2.816.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.55
4.91
WHIPlower is better
Nick Lodolo
1.281.50
now 1.37
1.43
Seth Lugo
1.281.50
now 1.35
1.40

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Nick Lodolo
4075.20
now 22
35
Seth Lugo
4075.20
now 60
40
Winshigher is better
Nick Lodolo
.0005.20
now 2
24
Seth Lugo
.0005.20
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellNick Lodolo — sell.conf 0.90
SellSeth Lugo — sell.conf 0.90
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