MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 22, 2026
Portrait of Jameson Taillon
Jameson Taillon
CHC · P
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Portrait of Steven Matz
Steven Matz
TB · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jameson Taillon.

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

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

Jameson Taillon wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Steven Matz wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
91.8
Steven Matz
93.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
12.3%
Steven Matz
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
20.6%
Steven Matz
17.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jameson Taillon
31.0%
Steven Matz
27.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
38.4%
Steven Matz
36.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
14.3%
Steven Matz
13.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jameson Taillon
.357
Steven Matz
.370
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
Jameson Taillon
4.395.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.37
4.96
Steven Matz
4.395.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.67
5.27
WHIPlower is better
Jameson Taillon
1.171.44
now 1.28
1.31
Steven Matz
1.171.44
now 1.24
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jameson Taillon
4085.40
now 51
71
Steven Matz
4085.40
now 35
66
Winshigher is better
Jameson Taillon
.00013.20
now 2
24
Steven Matz
.00013.20
now 4
410

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJameson Taillon — sell.conf 0.90
SellSteven Matz — sell.conf 0.90
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