MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Bryan King
Bryan King
HOU · P
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Portrait of Phil Maton
Phil Maton
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Phil Maton.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Phil Maton wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Bryan King wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan King
91.9
Phil Maton
90.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
9.0%
Phil Maton
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
17.9%
Phil Maton
22.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
31.0%
Phil Maton
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
36.2%
Phil Maton
42.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
5.4%
Phil Maton
11.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.311
Phil Maton
.389
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
Bryan King
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.93
Phil Maton
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.23
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
1.051.90
now 1.30
1.35
Phil Maton
1.051.90
now 1.71
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4027.60
now 19
14
Phil Maton
4027.60
now 22
18
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.000.480
now 0
00
Phil Maton
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.0008.40
now 6
35
Phil Maton
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBryan King — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seePhil Maton — hold.conf 0.50
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