MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Chris Martin
Chris Martin
TEX · P
Change to
Matt Svanson
STL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chris Martin.

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

Chris Martin wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Matt Svanson 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
Chris Martin
94.5
Matt Svanson
97.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Martin
8.5%
Matt Svanson
9.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Martin
13.6%
Matt Svanson
20.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Martin
32.2%
Matt Svanson
24.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Martin
44.4%
Matt Svanson
43.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Martin
11.1%
Matt Svanson
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Martin
.408
Matt Svanson
.364
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.84
3.70
Matt Svanson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.77
3.81
WHIPlower is better
Chris Martin
.9602.23
now 1.94
1.24
Matt Svanson
.9602.23
now 1.95
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Martin
4033.60
now 7
17
Matt Svanson
4033.60
now 26
22
Winshigher is better
Chris Martin
.0002.80
now 1
12
Matt Svanson
.0002.80
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChris Martin — hold.conf 0.55
Hold · wait & seeMatt Svanson — hold.conf 0.55
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