MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Nick Pivetta
SD · P
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Portrait of Peter Lambert
Peter Lambert
HOU · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nick Pivetta.

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

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

Nick Pivetta wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Peter Lambert wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Nick Pivetta
94.1
Peter Lambert
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Nick Pivetta
10.7%
Peter Lambert
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Nick Pivetta
31.3%
Peter Lambert
23.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Nick Pivetta
37.3%
Peter Lambert
30.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Nick Pivetta
33.3%
Peter Lambert
35.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Nick Pivetta
7.8%
Peter Lambert
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Nick Pivetta
.242
Peter Lambert
.296
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 Pivetta
3.314.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
4.10
Peter Lambert
3.314.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.65
WHIPlower is better
Nick Pivetta
1.051.40
now 1.13
1.30
Peter Lambert
1.051.40
now 1.21
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Nick Pivetta
4055.80
now 24
13
Peter Lambert
4055.80
now 43
11
Winshigher is better
Nick Pivetta
.0005.60
now 1
01
Peter Lambert
.0005.60
now 4
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeNick Pivetta — hold.conf 0.50
BuyPeter Lambert — buy.conf 0.73
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