MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Brandon Williamson
CIN · P
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Portrait of Zebby Matthews
Zebby Matthews
MIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brandon Williamson.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and wins. Zebby Matthews’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Brandon Williamson wins 2 categories (ERA, W); Zebby Matthews wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
92.5
Zebby Matthews
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
10.4%
Zebby Matthews
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
14.8%
Zebby Matthews
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
24.6%
Zebby Matthews
27.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Williamson
41.9%
Zebby Matthews
37.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Williamson
10.5%
Zebby Matthews
12.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Williamson
.389
Zebby Matthews
.334
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
Brandon Williamson
3.586.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.11
4.30
Zebby Matthews
3.586.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.63
4.53
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Williamson
.9001.88
now 1.64
1.34
Zebby Matthews
.9001.88
now 1.03
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Williamson
4062.40
now 19
33
Zebby Matthews
4062.40
now 24
50
Winshigher is better
Brandon Williamson
.0005.20
now 2
24
Zebby Matthews
.0005.20
now 1
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrandon Williamson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.83
SellZebby Matthews — sell.conf 0.75
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