MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Matt Festa
Matt Festa
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Nick Mears
Nick Mears
KC · P
Change to
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

Matt Festa wins 2 (K, SV); Nick Mears wins 2 (ERA, W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Matt Festa
92.4
Nick Mears
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matt Festa
13.3%
Nick Mears
8.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matt Festa
24.4%
Nick Mears
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matt Festa
30.3%
Nick Mears
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matt Festa
40.3%
Nick Mears
50.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matt Festa
9.3%
Nick Mears
12.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matt Festa
.317
Nick Mears
.382
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
3.135.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.68
3.72
Nick Mears
3.135.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.12
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Matt Festa
1.141.60
now 1.24
1.24
Nick Mears
1.141.60
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matt Festa
4032.60
now 27
20
Nick Mears
4032.60
now 15
16
Winshigher is better
Matt Festa
.0004.20
now 1
01
Nick Mears
.0004.20
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Matt Festa
.0002.40
now 1
01
Nick Mears
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeMatt Festa — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeNick Mears — hold.conf 0.50
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