MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Bradgley Rodriguez
Bradgley Rodriguez
SD · P
Change to
Portrait of Matt Gage
Matt Gage
SF · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Bradgley Rodriguez wins 2 (K, ERA); Matt Gage wins 2 (W, SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
98.2
Matt Gage
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
15.1%
Matt Gage
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
25.4%
Matt Gage
17.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
33.7%
Matt Gage
34.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
32.1%
Matt Gage
31.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
3.0%
Matt Gage
10.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.239
Matt Gage
.352
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
Bradgley Rodriguez
24.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.63
2.35
Matt Gage
24.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.63
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.9501.39
now 1.05
1.26
Matt Gage
.9501.39
now 1.29
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
4031.60
now 26
15
Matt Gage
4031.60
now 19
13
Winshigher is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.0005.60
now 0
00
Matt Gage
.0005.60
now 4
14
Saveshigher is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.0002.40
now 0
0
Matt Gage
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBradgley Rodriguez — buy.conf 0.92
Hold · wait & seeMatt Gage — hold.conf 0.50
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