MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Cristopher Sánchez
Cristopher Sánchez
PHI · P
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Portrait of Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

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

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

Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Cristopher Sánchez wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cristopher Sánchez
95.2
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cristopher Sánchez
16.7%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cristopher Sánchez
27.5%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
24.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cristopher Sánchez
38.7%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cristopher Sánchez
43.8%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cristopher Sánchez
8.4%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cristopher Sánchez
.283
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.279
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
Cristopher Sánchez
24.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.47
3.31
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
24.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.86
3.22
WHIPlower is better
Cristopher Sánchez
.9301.25
now 1.12
1.18
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.9301.25
now 1.00
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cristopher Sánchez
43.20109.80
now 95
68
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
43.20109.80
now 69
58
Winshigher is better
Cristopher Sánchez
1.807.20
now 6
36
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
1.807.20
now 5
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCristopher Sánchez — buy.conf 0.84
Sell HighYoshinobu Yamamoto — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.83
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