MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Chase Shugart
Chase Shugart
PHI · P
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Portrait of Matt Gage
Matt Gage
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chase Shugart.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Chase Shugart wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Matt Gage wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chase Shugart
96.1
Matt Gage
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chase Shugart
10.3%
Matt Gage
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chase Shugart
28.4%
Matt Gage
17.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chase Shugart
25.7%
Matt Gage
34.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chase Shugart
35.5%
Matt Gage
31.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chase Shugart
10.8%
Matt Gage
10.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chase Shugart
.317
Matt Gage
.352
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
Chase Shugart
24.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.33
3.70
Matt Gage
24.33
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.63
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Chase Shugart
.9001.43
now 0.93
1.24
Matt Gage
.9001.43
now 1.29
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chase Shugart
4025.60
now 20
13
Matt Gage
4025.60
now 19
12
Winshigher is better
Chase Shugart
.0005.20
now 2
12
Matt Gage
.0005.20
now 4
13
Saveshigher is better
Chase Shugart
.0002.40
now 0
0
Matt Gage
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChase Shugart — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMatt Gage — hold.conf 0.50
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