MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Christian Scott
Christian Scott
NYM · P
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Portrait of Zebby Matthews
Zebby Matthews
MIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Zebby Matthews.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and wins. Christian Scott’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Zebby Matthews wins 2 categories (K, W); Christian Scott wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Christian Scott
95.4
Zebby Matthews
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Christian Scott
12.3%
Zebby Matthews
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Christian Scott
28.8%
Zebby Matthews
19.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Christian Scott
27.4%
Zebby Matthews
27.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Christian Scott
34.0%
Zebby Matthews
38.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Christian Scott
6.9%
Zebby Matthews
12.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Christian Scott
.309
Zebby Matthews
.335
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
2.315.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.97
4.00
Zebby Matthews
2.315.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.63
4.54
WHIPlower is better
Christian Scott
.9001.52
now 1.38
1.32
Zebby Matthews
.9001.52
now 1.03
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Christian Scott
4063.20
now 38
49
Zebby Matthews
4063.20
now 24
52
Winshigher is better
Christian Scott
.2003.80
now 1
12
Zebby Matthews
.2003.80
now 1
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyChristian Scott — hold.conf 0.60
SellZebby Matthews — sell.conf 0.75
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