MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of George Soriano
George Soriano
STL · P
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Portrait of Phil Maton
Phil Maton
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Phil Maton.

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

Phil Maton wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); George Soriano wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
George Soriano
96.6
Phil Maton
90.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
14.9%
Phil Maton
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
24.1%
Phil Maton
22.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
George Soriano
33.6%
Phil Maton
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
42.0%
Phil Maton
42.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
9.4%
Phil Maton
11.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
George Soriano
.312
Phil Maton
.389
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
George Soriano
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.94
Phil Maton
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.23
3.70
WHIPlower is better
George Soriano
.9101.94
now 1.14
1.29
Phil Maton
.9101.94
now 1.71
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
George Soriano
4027.60
now 20
12
Phil Maton
4027.60
now 22
17
Winshigher is better
George Soriano
.0002.80
now 2
12
Phil Maton
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
George Soriano
.0003.40
now 2
02
Phil Maton
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighGeorge Soriano — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.86
Hold · wait & seePhil Maton — hold.conf 0.50
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