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

Seth Lugo.

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

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

Seth Lugo wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Zac Gallen wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Seth Lugo
91.7
Zac Gallen
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Seth Lugo
8.5%
Zac Gallen
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Seth Lugo
17.4%
Zac Gallen
13.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Seth Lugo
25.1%
Zac Gallen
31.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Seth Lugo
42.9%
Zac Gallen
44.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Seth Lugo
7.3%
Zac Gallen
11.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Seth Lugo
.344
Zac Gallen
.384
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
Seth Lugo
2.686.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.55
4.74
Zac Gallen
2.686.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.16
5.72
WHIPlower is better
Seth Lugo
1.281.54
now 1.35
1.43
Zac Gallen
1.281.54
now 1.47
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Seth Lugo
4079.60
now 60
12
Zac Gallen
4079.60
now 42
11
Winshigher is better
Seth Lugo
.0004.20
now 2
01
Zac Gallen
.0004.20
now 3
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellSeth Lugo — sell.conf 0.84
SellZac Gallen — sell.conf 0.90
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