MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Seth Lugo
Seth Lugo
KC · P
Change to
Portrait of Tomoyuki Sugano
Tomoyuki Sugano
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Seth Lugo wins 2 (K, ERA); Tomoyuki Sugano wins 2 (WHIP, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Seth Lugo
91.7
Tomoyuki Sugano
92.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Seth Lugo
8.5%
Tomoyuki Sugano
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Seth Lugo
17.4%
Tomoyuki Sugano
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Seth Lugo
25.1%
Tomoyuki Sugano
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Seth Lugo
42.9%
Tomoyuki Sugano
43.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Seth Lugo
7.3%
Tomoyuki Sugano
12.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Seth Lugo
.344
Tomoyuki Sugano
.389
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
Seth Lugo
2.636.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.55
4.74
Tomoyuki Sugano
2.636.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.01
5.85
WHIPlower is better
Seth Lugo
1.181.50
now 1.35
1.43
Tomoyuki Sugano
1.181.50
now 1.25
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Seth Lugo
4081.20
now 60
12
Tomoyuki Sugano
4081.20
now 31
7
Winshigher is better
Seth Lugo
.0005.60
now 2
01
Tomoyuki Sugano
.0005.60
now 4
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellSeth Lugo — sell.conf 0.84
SellTomoyuki Sugano — sell.conf 0.90
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