MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Jake Irvin
WSH · P
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Portrait of Matthew Liberatore
Matthew Liberatore
STL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake Irvin.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP.

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

Jake Irvin wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Matthew Liberatore wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jake Irvin
92.9
Matthew Liberatore
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jake Irvin
11.8%
Matthew Liberatore
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jake Irvin
25.4%
Matthew Liberatore
21.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jake Irvin
25.0%
Matthew Liberatore
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jake Irvin
45.8%
Matthew Liberatore
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jake Irvin
12.0%
Matthew Liberatore
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jake Irvin
.349
Matthew Liberatore
.350
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
Jake Irvin
45.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
4.82
Matthew Liberatore
45.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.83
WHIPlower is better
Jake Irvin
1.261.57
now 1.35
1.33
Matthew Liberatore
1.261.57
now 1.50
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jake Irvin
43.4063.60
now 58
52
Matthew Liberatore
43.4063.60
now 57
49
Winshigher is better
Jake Irvin
.0005.20
now 2
13
Matthew Liberatore
.0005.20
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJake Irvin — sell.conf 0.88
SellMatthew Liberatore — sell.conf 0.89
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