MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Leahy
Kyle Leahy
STL · P
Change to
Matt Waldron
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

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

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

Kyle Leahy wins 2 (K, W); Matt Waldron wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
94.1
Matt Waldron
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
10.0%
Matt Waldron
9.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
19.4%
Matt Waldron
20.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
26.0%
Matt Waldron
30.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kyle Leahy
50.3%
Matt Waldron
38.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kyle Leahy
10.7%
Matt Waldron
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kyle Leahy
.349
Matt Waldron
.313
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
Kyle Leahy
2.348.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.25
4.84
Matt Waldron
2.348.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Kyle Leahy
1.141.87
now 1.56
1.37
Matt Waldron
1.141.87
now 1.71
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kyle Leahy
4055.60
now 46
42
Matt Waldron
4055.60
now 22
37
Winshigher is better
Kyle Leahy
.0008
now 5
36
Matt Waldron
.0008
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellKyle Leahy — sell.conf 0.89
Buy LowMatt Waldron — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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