MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Grant Holmes
Grant Holmes
ATL · P
Change to
Matt Waldron
TOR · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Grant Holmes wins 2 (K, W); Matt Waldron wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Grant Holmes
94.2
Matt Waldron
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Holmes
13.1%
Matt Waldron
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Holmes
19.7%
Matt Waldron
19.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Holmes
31.4%
Matt Waldron
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Holmes
42.5%
Matt Waldron
40.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Holmes
9.2%
Matt Waldron
6.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Holmes
.333
Matt Waldron
.306
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
Grant Holmes
2.138.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.95
4.50
Matt Waldron
2.138.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.09
WHIPlower is better
Grant Holmes
1.141.87
now 1.33
1.37
Matt Waldron
1.141.87
now 1.71
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Holmes
4065.40
now 53
40
Matt Waldron
4065.40
now 22
31
Winshigher is better
Grant Holmes
.2003.80
now 3
13
Matt Waldron
.2003.80
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighGrant Holmes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeMatt Waldron — hold.conf 0.50
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