MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · July 1, 2026
Portrait of Alex Vesia
Alex Vesia
LAD · P
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Portrait of Matt Gage
Matt Gage
SF · 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, ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Alex Vesia wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Matt Gage wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Vesia
91.7
Matt Gage
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
17.9%
Matt Gage
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
34.2%
Matt Gage
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
34.0%
Matt Gage
33.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
37.3%
Matt Gage
30.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
5.1%
Matt Gage
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Vesia
.255
Matt Gage
.343
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
Alex Vesia
24.37
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.70
Matt Gage
24.37
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.63
3.75
WHIPlower is better
Alex Vesia
.9001.43
now 0.93
1.24
Matt Gage
.9001.43
now 1.29
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Vesia
4040
now 28
34
Matt Gage
4040
now 19
23
Winshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0009.40
now 1
12
Matt Gage
.0009.40
now 4
27
Saveshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0007
now 2
15
Matt Gage
.0007
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAlex Vesia — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighMatt Gage — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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