MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Eduardo Rodriguez
Eduardo Rodriguez
AZ · 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, ERA, and WHIP. Eduardo Rodriguez’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Zebby Matthews wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Eduardo Rodriguez wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
92.0
Zebby Matthews
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
9.1%
Zebby Matthews
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
17.1%
Zebby Matthews
19.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
28.6%
Zebby Matthews
27.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
37.2%
Zebby Matthews
38.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
9.6%
Zebby Matthews
12.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
.345
Zebby Matthews
.330
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
Eduardo Rodriguez
25.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.24
4.73
Zebby Matthews
25.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.63
4.41
WHIPlower is better
Eduardo Rodriguez
.9101.45
now 1.19
1.33
Zebby Matthews
.9101.45
now 1.03
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eduardo Rodriguez
4077.20
now 52
53
Zebby Matthews
4077.20
now 24
62
Winshigher is better
Eduardo Rodriguez
.0008
now 5
36
Zebby Matthews
.0008
now 1
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEduardo Rodriguez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
SellZebby Matthews — sell.conf 0.69
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