MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Graham Ashcraft
Graham Ashcraft
CIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Yuki Matsui
Yuki Matsui
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
▶
◀
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Graham Ashcraft wins 1 (WHIP); Yuki Matsui wins 1 (ERA); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
97.7
Yuki Matsui
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
14.2%
Yuki Matsui
15.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
26.5%
Yuki Matsui
25.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
33.8%
Yuki Matsui
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
37.3%
Yuki Matsui
30.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
6.0%
Yuki Matsui
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
.300
Yuki Matsui
.271
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
Graham Ashcraft
24.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.71
Yuki Matsui
24.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.60
3.06
WHIPlower is better
Graham Ashcraft
.9001.58
now 1.22
1.27
Yuki Matsui
.9001.58
now 0.87
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
4044.80
now 32
0
Yuki Matsui
4044.80
now 15
0
Winshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
.0001.48
now 1
0–0
Yuki Matsui
.0001.48
now 0
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGraham Ashcraft — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighYuki Matsui — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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