MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Carson Palmquist
WSH · 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 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Carson Palmquist wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Matthew Liberatore wins 2 (K, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Carson Palmquist
91.2
Matthew Liberatore
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Carson Palmquist
11.4%
Matthew Liberatore
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Carson Palmquist
20.3%
Matthew Liberatore
21.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Carson Palmquist
35.4%
Matthew Liberatore
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Carson Palmquist
24.5%
Matthew Liberatore
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Carson Palmquist
4.1%
Matthew Liberatore
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Carson Palmquist
.320
Matthew Liberatore
.346
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
Carson Palmquist
25.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
4.10
Matthew Liberatore
25.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.78
WHIPlower is better
Carson Palmquist
.9001.74
now 0.90
1.30
Matthew Liberatore
.9001.74
now 1.50
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Carson Palmquist
4078.60
now 3
23
Matthew Liberatore
4078.60
now 57
39
Winshigher is better
Carson Palmquist
.0004.20
now 0
00
Matthew Liberatore
.0004.20
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCarson Palmquist — hold.conf 0.55
SellMatthew Liberatore — sell.conf 0.86
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