MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Matt Festa
Matt Festa
CLE · P
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Portrait of Ryan Zeferjahn
Ryan Zeferjahn
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Zeferjahn.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ryan Zeferjahn wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Matt Festa wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Matt Festa
92.4
Ryan Zeferjahn
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matt Festa
13.3%
Ryan Zeferjahn
13.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matt Festa
24.4%
Ryan Zeferjahn
32.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matt Festa
30.3%
Ryan Zeferjahn
23.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matt Festa
40.3%
Ryan Zeferjahn
35.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matt Festa
9.3%
Ryan Zeferjahn
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matt Festa
.317
Ryan Zeferjahn
.272
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
26.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.68
3.72
Ryan Zeferjahn
26.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.74
3.04
WHIPlower is better
Matt Festa
1.171.46
now 1.24
1.24
Ryan Zeferjahn
1.171.46
now 1.39
1.35

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matt Festa
4037.60
now 27
20
Ryan Zeferjahn
4037.60
now 32
21
Winshigher is better
Matt Festa
.0002.80
now 1
01
Ryan Zeferjahn
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Matt Festa
.0002.40
now 1
01
Ryan Zeferjahn
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeMatt Festa — hold.conf 0.50
BuyRyan Zeferjahn — buy.conf 0.92
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