MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Christian Scott
Christian Scott
NYM · P
Change to
Matt Waldron
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

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

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

Christian Scott wins 2 (K, ERA); Matt Waldron wins 2 (WHIP, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Christian Scott
95.4
Matt Waldron
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Christian Scott
12.3%
Matt Waldron
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Christian Scott
28.8%
Matt Waldron
19.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Christian Scott
27.4%
Matt Waldron
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Christian Scott
34.0%
Matt Waldron
40.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Christian Scott
6.9%
Matt Waldron
6.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Christian Scott
.309
Matt Waldron
.306
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
Christian Scott
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.97
3.98
Matt Waldron
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.09
WHIPlower is better
Christian Scott
1.141.87
now 1.38
1.32
Matt Waldron
1.141.87
now 1.71
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Christian Scott
4055.60
now 38
46
Matt Waldron
4055.60
now 22
37
Winshigher is better
Christian Scott
.5202.48
now 1
12
Matt Waldron
.5202.48
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyChristian Scott — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeMatt Waldron — hold.conf 0.50
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