MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Alex Vesia
Alex Vesia
LAD · P
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Portrait of Kirby Yates
Kirby Yates
PIT · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Alex Vesia.

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

Alex Vesia wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Kirby Yates 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
Alex Vesia
92.1
Kirby Yates
90.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
15.8%
Kirby Yates
15.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
30.2%
Kirby Yates
27.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
31.9%
Kirby Yates
35.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
36.1%
Kirby Yates
46.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
6.7%
Kirby Yates
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Vesia
.272
Kirby Yates
.287
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
Alex Vesia
25.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.06
Kirby Yates
25.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Alex Vesia
.9001.53
now 0.93
1.36
Kirby Yates
.9001.53
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Vesia
4037.20
now 28
6
Kirby Yates
4037.20
now 10
5
Winshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0001.48
now 1
00
Kirby Yates
.0001.48
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAlex Vesia — buy.conf 0.91
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
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