MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · July 1, 2026
Portrait of Garrett Cleavinger
Garrett Cleavinger
TB · P
Change to
Portrait of Matt Gage
Matt Gage
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Garrett Cleavinger.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and saves. Matt Gage’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

Garrett Cleavinger wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Matt Gage wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
96.8
Matt Gage
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
12.6%
Matt Gage
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
32.3%
Matt Gage
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
36.2%
Matt Gage
33.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Garrett Cleavinger
44.2%
Matt Gage
30.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Garrett Cleavinger
7.7%
Matt Gage
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Garrett Cleavinger
.293
Matt Gage
.343
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
Garrett Cleavinger
2.184.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.65
3.70
Matt Gage
2.184.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.63
3.75
WHIPlower is better
Garrett Cleavinger
1.151.55
now 1.46
1.24
Matt Gage
1.151.55
now 1.29
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Garrett Cleavinger
4035.60
now 17
30
Matt Gage
4035.60
now 19
23
Winshigher is better
Garrett Cleavinger
.0009.40
now 1
13
Matt Gage
.0009.40
now 4
27
Saveshigher is better
Garrett Cleavinger
.0004.40
now 1
13
Matt Gage
.0004.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGarrett Cleavinger — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighMatt Gage — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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