MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Matt Festa
Matt Festa
CLE · P
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Portrait of Pierce Johnson
Pierce Johnson
CIN · 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 — ERA. Pierce Johnson’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

Matt Festa wins 1 categories (ERA); Pierce Johnson wins 0 (none); 4 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Matt Festa
92.4
Pierce Johnson
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matt Festa
13.5%
Pierce Johnson
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matt Festa
25.0%
Pierce Johnson
20.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matt Festa
30.6%
Pierce Johnson
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matt Festa
40.8%
Pierce Johnson
39.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matt Festa
9.2%
Pierce Johnson
12.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matt Festa
.315
Pierce Johnson
.369
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
2.715.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.68
3.72
Pierce Johnson
2.715.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.27
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Matt Festa
1.161.31
now 1.24
1.24
Pierce Johnson
1.161.31
now 1.23
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matt Festa
4032.60
now 27
18
Pierce Johnson
4032.60
now 20
18
Winshigher is better
Matt Festa
.0002.80
now 1
01
Pierce Johnson
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Matt Festa
.0002.40
now 1
01
Pierce Johnson
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeMatt Festa — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPierce Johnson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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