MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Kirby Yates
Kirby Yates
LAA · P
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Portrait of Yoendrys Gómez
Yoendrys Gómez
MIN · 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

Kirby Yates wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Yoendrys Gómez wins 2 (K, SV); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kirby Yates
90.7
Yoendrys Gómez
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
18.4%
Yoendrys Gómez
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
32.6%
Yoendrys Gómez
20.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
37.4%
Yoendrys Gómez
27.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
53.1%
Yoendrys Gómez
46.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
8.2%
Yoendrys Gómez
10.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kirby Yates
.279
Yoendrys Gómez
.347
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
3.454.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
Yoendrys Gómez
3.454.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.08
3.81
WHIPlower is better
Kirby Yates
1.131.43
now 1.20
1.24
Yoendrys Gómez
1.131.43
now 1.36
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kirby Yates
4033.80
now 10
23
Yoendrys Gómez
4033.80
now 27
25
Winshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.000.480
now 0
00
Yoendrys Gómez
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0005.40
now 1
14
Yoendrys Gómez
.0005.40
now 3
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighYoendrys Gómez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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