MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
SF · P
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Portrait of Matthew Liberatore
Matthew Liberatore
STL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matthew Liberatore.

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

Matthew Liberatore wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Adrian Houser 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
Adrian Houser
95.5
Matthew Liberatore
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
8.4%
Matthew Liberatore
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
15.2%
Matthew Liberatore
21.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
25.3%
Matthew Liberatore
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
41.9%
Matthew Liberatore
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
9.3%
Matthew Liberatore
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Adrian Houser
.349
Matthew Liberatore
.346
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
Adrian Houser
3.856.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.86
Matthew Liberatore
3.856.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.79
WHIPlower is better
Adrian Houser
1.291.64
now 1.56
1.37
Matthew Liberatore
1.291.64
now 1.50
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Adrian Houser
4067.40
now 35
31
Matthew Liberatore
4067.40
now 57
42
Winshigher is better
Adrian Houser
.2003.80
now 2
12
Matthew Liberatore
.2003.80
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAdrian Houser — sell.conf 0.90
SellMatthew Liberatore — sell.conf 0.87
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