MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Chris Roycroft
ATH · P
Change to
Portrait of Yuki Matsui
Yuki Matsui
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yuki Matsui.

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

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

Yuki Matsui wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Chris Roycroft wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
94.7
Yuki Matsui
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
7.9%
Yuki Matsui
16.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
14.2%
Yuki Matsui
26.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
25.3%
Yuki Matsui
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Roycroft
42.2%
Yuki Matsui
30.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Roycroft
10.3%
Yuki Matsui
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Roycroft
.375
Yuki Matsui
.274
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 Roycroft
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.27
3.70
Yuki Matsui
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.60
3.11
WHIPlower is better
Chris Roycroft
.9002.55
now 3.55
1.24
Yuki Matsui
.9002.55
now 0.87
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Roycroft
4020.60
now 3
3
Yuki Matsui
4020.60
now 15
5
Winshigher is better
Chris Roycroft
.000.480
now 0
00
Yuki Matsui
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChris Roycroft — hold.conf 0.55
Sell HighYuki Matsui — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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