MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Bryce Elder
Bryce Elder
ATL · P
Change to
Matthew Boyd
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Bryce Elder.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP.

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

Bryce Elder wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Matthew Boyd 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
Bryce Elder
92.4
Matthew Boyd
92.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
10.0%
Matthew Boyd
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
19.1%
Matthew Boyd
19.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
27.6%
Matthew Boyd
32.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryce Elder
39.9%
Matthew Boyd
38.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryce Elder
6.8%
Matthew Boyd
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryce Elder
.313
Matthew Boyd
.331
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
Bryce Elder
27.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.50
4.11
Matthew Boyd
27.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
4.47
WHIPlower is better
Bryce Elder
.9801.42
now 1.08
1.31
Matthew Boyd
.9801.42
now 1.29
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryce Elder
4081
now 61
11
Matthew Boyd
4081
now 31
14
Winshigher is better
Bryce Elder
.0005.60
now 4
01
Matthew Boyd
.0005.60
now 2
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBryce Elder — hold.conf 0.60
SellMatthew Boyd — sell.conf 0.72
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