MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of MacKenzie Gore
MacKenzie Gore
TEX · P
Change to
Matthew Boyd
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matthew Boyd.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP. MacKenzie Gore’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Matthew Boyd wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); MacKenzie Gore wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
MacKenzie Gore
95.2
Matthew Boyd
92.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
MacKenzie Gore
12.9%
Matthew Boyd
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
MacKenzie Gore
24.9%
Matthew Boyd
19.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
MacKenzie Gore
30.7%
Matthew Boyd
32.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
MacKenzie Gore
41.2%
Matthew Boyd
38.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
MacKenzie Gore
8.1%
Matthew Boyd
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
MacKenzie Gore
.306
Matthew Boyd
.331
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
MacKenzie Gore
3.106.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.96
3.93
Matthew Boyd
3.106.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
4.47
WHIPlower is better
MacKenzie Gore
1.121.41
now 1.19
1.34
Matthew Boyd
1.121.41
now 1.29
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
MacKenzie Gore
4086.20
now 65
12
Matthew Boyd
4086.20
now 31
14
Winshigher is better
MacKenzie Gore
.0005.60
now 4
01
Matthew Boyd
.0005.60
now 2
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyMacKenzie Gore — hold.conf 0.60
SellMatthew Boyd — sell.conf 0.72
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