MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of George Soriano
George Soriano
STL · P
Change to
Portrait of Yuki Matsui
Yuki Matsui
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yuki Matsui.

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

Yuki Matsui 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
Yuki Matsui
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
14.9%
Yuki Matsui
17.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
24.1%
Yuki Matsui
26.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
George Soriano
33.6%
Yuki Matsui
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
42.0%
Yuki Matsui
32.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
9.4%
Yuki Matsui
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
George Soriano
.312
Yuki Matsui
.282
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
25.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.94
Yuki Matsui
25.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
George Soriano
.9001.46
now 1.14
1.29
Yuki Matsui
.9001.46
now 0.87
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
George Soriano
4025.60
now 20
12
Yuki Matsui
4025.60
now 15
17
Winshigher is better
George Soriano
.0002.80
now 2
12
Yuki Matsui
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
George Soriano
.0003.40
now 2
02
Yuki Matsui
.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
Sell HighYuki Matsui — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.94
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