MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
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Portrait of Matthew Liberatore
Matthew Liberatore
STL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Brandon Young wins 1 (ERA); Matthew Liberatore wins 1 (K); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Young
94.4
Matthew Liberatore
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.5%
Matthew Liberatore
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
18.5%
Matthew Liberatore
23.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
34.1%
Matthew Liberatore
28.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
39.1%
Matthew Liberatore
41.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.6%
Matthew Liberatore
9.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.322
Matthew Liberatore
.337
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
Brandon Young
2.855.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.28
Matthew Liberatore
2.855.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.59
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.301.57
now 1.37
1.37
Matthew Liberatore
1.301.57
now 1.50
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4076.20
now 33
9
Matthew Liberatore
4076.20
now 57
11
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.0004.20
now 3
11
Matthew Liberatore
.0004.20
now 3
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellBrandon Young — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellMatthew Liberatore — hold.conf 0.60
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