MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Jordan Hicks
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Yuki Matsui
Yuki Matsui
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yuki Matsui.

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

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

Yuki Matsui wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Jordan Hicks wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jordan Hicks
99.4
Yuki Matsui
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jordan Hicks
11.9%
Yuki Matsui
16.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jordan Hicks
28.2%
Yuki Matsui
26.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jordan Hicks
30.4%
Yuki Matsui
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jordan Hicks
35.5%
Yuki Matsui
30.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jordan Hicks
1.8%
Yuki Matsui
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jordan Hicks
.268
Yuki Matsui
.274
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
Jordan Hicks
27.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.60
3.70
Yuki Matsui
27.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.60
3.11
WHIPlower is better
Jordan Hicks
.9002.55
now 2.09
1.24
Yuki Matsui
.9002.55
now 0.87
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jordan Hicks
4020.60
now 15
3
Yuki Matsui
4020.60
now 15
5
Winshigher is better
Jordan Hicks
.000.480
now 0
00
Yuki Matsui
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJordan Hicks — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Sell HighYuki Matsui — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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