MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 3, 2026
Portrait of Kirby Yates
Kirby Yates
LAA · P
Change to
Matt Strahm
KC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Strahm.

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kirby Yates
90.5
Matt Strahm
91.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
18.0%
Matt Strahm
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
34.2%
Matt Strahm
16.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
36.5%
Matt Strahm
29.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
51.3%
Matt Strahm
40.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
10.3%
Matt Strahm
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kirby Yates
.278
Matt Strahm
.298
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
Kirby Yates
3.454.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
Matt Strahm
3.454.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Kirby Yates
1.131.36
now 1.20
1.24
Matt Strahm
1.131.36
now 1.29
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kirby Yates
4045
now 10
25
Matt Strahm
4045
now 17
35
Winshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0002.80
now 0
00
Matt Strahm
.0002.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0007
now 1
15
Matt Strahm
.0007
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMatt Strahm — hold.conf 0.50
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