MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 17, 2026
Portrait of Chris Martin
Chris Martin
TEX · P
Change to
Portrait of Matt Festa
Matt Festa
CLE · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Chris Martin wins 2 (ERA, W); Matt Festa wins 2 (K, SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Martin
94.5
Matt Festa
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Martin
8.5%
Matt Festa
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Martin
13.6%
Matt Festa
22.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Martin
32.2%
Matt Festa
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Martin
44.4%
Matt Festa
40.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Martin
11.1%
Matt Festa
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Martin
.408
Matt Festa
.328
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
Chris Martin
2.048.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.84
3.70
Matt Festa
2.048.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.68
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Chris Martin
.9602.22
now 1.94
1.24
Matt Festa
.9602.22
now 1.24
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Martin
4035
now 7
20
Matt Festa
4035
now 27
25
Winshigher is better
Chris Martin
.0004.20
now 1
13
Matt Festa
.0004.20
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Chris Martin
.0003.40
now 0
0
Matt Festa
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChris Martin — hold.conf 0.55
Hold · wait & seeMatt Festa — hold.conf 0.50
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