MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Chris Murphy
CWS · P
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Portrait of Mason Montgomery
Mason Montgomery
PIT · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mason Montgomery.

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

Mason Montgomery wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Chris Murphy wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Murphy
96.3
Mason Montgomery
98.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
16.1%
Mason Montgomery
16.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
22.4%
Mason Montgomery
38.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
29.8%
Mason Montgomery
32.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Murphy
34.1%
Mason Montgomery
41.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Murphy
7.1%
Mason Montgomery
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Murphy
.292
Mason Montgomery
.249
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
Chris Murphy
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.59
3.70
Mason Montgomery
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.91
2.56
WHIPlower is better
Chris Murphy
.9002.55
now 2.32
1.24
Mason Montgomery
.9002.55
now 1.26
1.11

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Murphy
4040.80
now 6
3
Mason Montgomery
4040.80
now 30
5
Winshigher is better
Chris Murphy
.0001.48
now 1
01
Mason Montgomery
.0001.48
now 1
00
Saveshigher is better
Chris Murphy
.0002.40
now 1
01
Mason Montgomery
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChris Murphy — hold.conf 0.50
BuyMason Montgomery — buy.conf 0.92
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