MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of MacKenzie Gore
MacKenzie Gore
TEX · P
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Portrait of Nick Martinez
Nick Martinez
TB · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

MacKenzie Gore.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Nick Martinez’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

MacKenzie Gore wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Nick Martinez wins 1 (WHIP); 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
Nick Martinez
92.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
MacKenzie Gore
12.9%
Nick Martinez
8.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
MacKenzie Gore
24.9%
Nick Martinez
14.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
MacKenzie Gore
30.7%
Nick Martinez
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
MacKenzie Gore
41.2%
Nick Martinez
33.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
MacKenzie Gore
8.1%
Nick Martinez
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
MacKenzie Gore
.306
Nick Martinez
.316
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
25.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.96
3.92
Nick Martinez
25.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.62
4.17
WHIPlower is better
MacKenzie Gore
1.021.43
now 1.19
1.34
Nick Martinez
1.021.43
now 1.11
1.20

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
MacKenzie Gore
4087.80
now 65
13
Nick Martinez
4087.80
now 41
8
Winshigher is better
MacKenzie Gore
.0006.60
now 4
11
Nick Martinez
.0006.60
now 5
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
Sell HighNick Martinez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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