MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 3, 2026
Portrait of Matt Festa
Matt Festa
CLE · P
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Portrait of Nate Pearson
Nate Pearson
HOU · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Festa.

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 Festa wins 2 categories (K, W); Nate Pearson wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Matt Festa
92.1
Nate Pearson
97.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matt Festa
13.1%
Nate Pearson
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matt Festa
24.2%
Nate Pearson
19.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matt Festa
33.7%
Nate Pearson
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matt Festa
36.9%
Nate Pearson
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matt Festa
7.8%
Nate Pearson
8.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matt Festa
.307
Nate Pearson
.332
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
Matt Festa
26.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.68
3.71
Nate Pearson
26.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Matt Festa
1.021.31
now 1.24
1.24
Nate Pearson
1.021.31
now 1.09
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matt Festa
4041.20
now 27
30
Nate Pearson
4041.20
now 2
12
Winshigher is better
Matt Festa
.0002.80
now 1
12
Nate Pearson
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Matt Festa
.00014
now 1
02
Nate Pearson
.00014
now 1
210
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeMatt Festa — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeNate Pearson — hold.conf 0.50
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