MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 3, 2026
Javier Assad
CHC · P
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Portrait of Yuki Matsui
Yuki Matsui
SD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yuki Matsui.

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

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

Yuki Matsui wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Javier Assad wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Javier Assad
93.2
Yuki Matsui
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Javier Assad
6.0%
Yuki Matsui
19.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Javier Assad
15.0%
Yuki Matsui
28.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Javier Assad
21.9%
Yuki Matsui
33.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Javier Assad
50.0%
Yuki Matsui
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Javier Assad
8.0%
Yuki Matsui
10.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Javier Assad
.339
Yuki Matsui
.284
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
Javier Assad
27.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.44
Yuki Matsui
27.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Javier Assad
.9001.47
now 1.27
1.30
Yuki Matsui
.9001.47
now 0.87
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Javier Assad
4033.60
now 14
27
Yuki Matsui
4033.60
now 15
28
Winshigher is better
Javier Assad
.00011.20
now 3
38
Yuki Matsui
.00011.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJavier Assad — sell.conf 0.77
Sell HighYuki Matsui — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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