MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Joe Mantiply
TOR · P
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Portrait of Matt Festa
Matt Festa
CLE · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Joe Mantiply wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Matt Festa wins 2 (K, SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Joe Mantiply
88.8
Matt Festa
92.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joe Mantiply
8.3%
Matt Festa
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joe Mantiply
22.5%
Matt Festa
24.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joe Mantiply
35.9%
Matt Festa
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joe Mantiply
44.0%
Matt Festa
41.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joe Mantiply
10.0%
Matt Festa
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joe Mantiply
.332
Matt Festa
.316
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
Joe Mantiply
25.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.04
3.70
Matt Festa
25.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.68
4.02
WHIPlower is better
Joe Mantiply
1.061.33
now 1.13
1.24
Matt Festa
1.061.33
now 1.24
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joe Mantiply
4032.60
now 16
13
Matt Festa
4032.60
now 27
17
Winshigher is better
Joe Mantiply
.0001.48
now 1
01
Matt Festa
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Joe Mantiply
.0002.40
now 0
0
Matt Festa
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJoe Mantiply — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · steadyMatt Festa — hold.conf 0.60
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