MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Jack Flaherty
Jack Flaherty
DET · P
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Portrait of Matthew Liberatore
Matthew Liberatore
STL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jack Flaherty.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Matthew Liberatore’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Jack Flaherty wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Matthew Liberatore wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jack Flaherty
92.7
Matthew Liberatore
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jack Flaherty
12.2%
Matthew Liberatore
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jack Flaherty
26.2%
Matthew Liberatore
22.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jack Flaherty
27.6%
Matthew Liberatore
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jack Flaherty
46.2%
Matthew Liberatore
42.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jack Flaherty
8.4%
Matthew Liberatore
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jack Flaherty
.323
Matthew Liberatore
.338
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
Jack Flaherty
3.686.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.29
Matthew Liberatore
3.686.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.59
WHIPlower is better
Jack Flaherty
1.261.71
now 1.61
1.36
Matthew Liberatore
1.261.71
now 1.50
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jack Flaherty
4075.60
now 64
46
Matthew Liberatore
4075.60
now 57
35
Winshigher is better
Jack Flaherty
.0004.20
now 0
00
Matthew Liberatore
.0004.20
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellJack Flaherty — hold.conf 0.60
SellMatthew Liberatore — sell.conf 0.78
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