MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Nick Lodolo
Nick Lodolo
CIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Zac Gallen
Zac Gallen
AZ · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Nick Lodolo wins 1 (ERA); Zac Gallen wins 1 (K); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Nick Lodolo
93.9
Zac Gallen
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Nick Lodolo
10.2%
Zac Gallen
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Nick Lodolo
18.5%
Zac Gallen
13.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Nick Lodolo
29.7%
Zac Gallen
31.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Nick Lodolo
40.9%
Zac Gallen
44.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Nick Lodolo
9.7%
Zac Gallen
11.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Nick Lodolo
.380
Zac Gallen
.384
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
Nick Lodolo
4.945.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.20
5.61
Zac Gallen
4.945.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.16
5.72
WHIPlower is better
Nick Lodolo
1.301.54
now 1.37
1.43
Zac Gallen
1.301.54
now 1.47
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Nick Lodolo
4054.80
now 22
10
Zac Gallen
4054.80
now 42
11
Winshigher is better
Nick Lodolo
.0004.20
now 2
11
Zac Gallen
.0004.20
now 3
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellNick Lodolo — sell.conf 0.90
SellZac Gallen — sell.conf 0.90
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