MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Rhett Lowder
CIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Zack Littell
Zack Littell
WSH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Rhett Lowder.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Zack Littell’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Rhett Lowder wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Zack Littell wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Rhett Lowder
93.4
Zack Littell
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Rhett Lowder
9.4%
Zack Littell
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Rhett Lowder
18.6%
Zack Littell
15.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Rhett Lowder
26.5%
Zack Littell
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Rhett Lowder
39.0%
Zack Littell
44.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Rhett Lowder
9.1%
Zack Littell
10.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Rhett Lowder
.350
Zack Littell
.373
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
Rhett Lowder
4.645.63
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
4.86
Zack Littell
4.645.63
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
5.41
WHIPlower is better
Rhett Lowder
1.271.52
now 1.45
1.44
Zack Littell
1.271.52
now 1.37
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Rhett Lowder
4040.60
now 31
27
Zack Littell
4040.60
now 35
26
Winshigher is better
Rhett Lowder
.8006.20
now 3
24
Zack Littell
.8006.20
now 5
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellRhett Lowder — sell.conf 0.90
Sell HighZack Littell — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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