MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Dylan Cease
TOR · P
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Portrait of Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
LAD · P
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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

Dylan Cease wins 2 (K, ERA); Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins 2 (WHIP, W); SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dylan Cease
97.5
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dylan Cease
16.4%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
13.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dylan Cease
36.5%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
24.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dylan Cease
33.5%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
33.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dylan Cease
32.2%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
34.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dylan Cease
5.0%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dylan Cease
.260
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.278
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
Dylan Cease
2.553.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.91
2.77
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
2.553.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.86
3.18
WHIPlower is better
Dylan Cease
.9201.27
now 1.16
1.19
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.9201.27
now 1.00
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dylan Cease
40123
now 103
70
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
40123
now 69
53
Winshigher is better
Dylan Cease
.0006.60
now 3
13
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.0006.60
now 5
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyDylan Cease — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighYoshinobu Yamamoto — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.83
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