MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Portrait of Kirby Yates
Kirby Yates
LAA · P
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Portrait of Matt Festa
Matt Festa
CLE · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Festa.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Matt Festa wins 2 categories (K, W); Kirby Yates wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kirby Yates
90.5
Matt Festa
92.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
17.5%
Matt Festa
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
34.3%
Matt Festa
25.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
35.9%
Matt Festa
34.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
54.1%
Matt Festa
36.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
10.8%
Matt Festa
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kirby Yates
.290
Matt Festa
.308
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
Kirby Yates
3.315.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
Matt Festa
3.315.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.68
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Kirby Yates
1.131.31
now 1.20
1.24
Matt Festa
1.131.31
now 1.24
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kirby Yates
4040.80
now 10
27
Matt Festa
4040.80
now 27
32
Winshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0002.80
now 0
00
Matt Festa
.0002.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0007
now 1
15
Matt Festa
.0007
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMatt Festa — hold.conf 0.50
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