MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Blade Tidwell
SF · P
Change to
Portrait of Yuki Matsui
Yuki Matsui
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 3 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Blade Tidwell wins 1 (SV); Yuki Matsui wins 1 (K); 3 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
95.8
Yuki Matsui
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
12.8%
Yuki Matsui
17.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
18.8%
Yuki Matsui
26.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
26.8%
Yuki Matsui
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blade Tidwell
39.2%
Yuki Matsui
32.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blade Tidwell
3.9%
Yuki Matsui
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blade Tidwell
.282
Yuki Matsui
.282
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
Blade Tidwell
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.00
3.70
Yuki Matsui
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Blade Tidwell
.9001.39
now 1.08
1.24
Yuki Matsui
.9001.39
now 0.87
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blade Tidwell
4022.60
now 10
11
Yuki Matsui
4022.60
now 15
17
Winshigher is better
Blade Tidwell
.000.480
now 0
00
Yuki Matsui
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Blade Tidwell
.0003.40
now 1
12
Yuki Matsui
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlade Tidwell — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighYuki Matsui — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.94
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