MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Casey Legumina
Casey Legumina
TB · 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. Casey Legumina’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Phil Maton wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Casey Legumina wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Casey Legumina
93.4
Phil Maton
90.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Casey Legumina
10.5%
Phil Maton
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Casey Legumina
16.8%
Phil Maton
22.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Casey Legumina
32.0%
Phil Maton
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Casey Legumina
38.9%
Phil Maton
42.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Casey Legumina
8.1%
Phil Maton
11.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Casey Legumina
.336
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
Casey Legumina
2.298.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.70
3.74
Phil Maton
2.298.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.23
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Casey Legumina
1.051.90
now 1.44
1.25
Phil Maton
1.051.90
now 1.71
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Casey Legumina
4027.60
now 16
15
Phil Maton
4027.60
now 22
22
Winshigher is better
Casey Legumina
.0001.48
now 1
01
Phil Maton
.0001.48
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCasey Legumina — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seePhil Maton — hold.conf 0.50
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