MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Erick Fedde
Erick Fedde
CWS · P
Change to
Matt Waldron
TOR · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Waldron.

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

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

Matt Waldron wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Erick Fedde wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Erick Fedde
94.4
Matt Waldron
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Erick Fedde
7.7%
Matt Waldron
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Erick Fedde
16.4%
Matt Waldron
19.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Erick Fedde
24.0%
Matt Waldron
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Erick Fedde
39.8%
Matt Waldron
39.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Erick Fedde
7.8%
Matt Waldron
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Erick Fedde
.331
Matt Waldron
.302
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
Erick Fedde
2.338.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
4.45
Matt Waldron
2.338.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.09
WHIPlower is better
Erick Fedde
1.141.87
now 1.48
1.37
Matt Waldron
1.141.87
now 1.71
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Erick Fedde
4039.60
now 34
23
Matt Waldron
4039.60
now 22
29
Winshigher is better
Erick Fedde
.0002.80
now 0
00
Matt Waldron
.0002.80
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellErick Fedde — sell.conf 0.71
Buy LowMatt Waldron — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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