MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Matt Festa
Matt Festa
CLE · P
Change to
Shaun Anderson
LAA · 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); Shaun Anderson wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Matt Festa
92.5
Shaun Anderson
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matt Festa
13.2%
Shaun Anderson
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matt Festa
24.8%
Shaun Anderson
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matt Festa
29.8%
Shaun Anderson
26.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matt Festa
41.0%
Shaun Anderson
36.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matt Festa
9.0%
Shaun Anderson
7.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matt Festa
.316
Shaun Anderson
.369
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
2.806.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.68
4.02
Shaun Anderson
2.806.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.94
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Matt Festa
1.141.60
now 1.24
1.26
Shaun Anderson
1.141.60
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matt Festa
4033
now 27
17
Shaun Anderson
4033
now 12
13
Winshigher is better
Matt Festa
.0002.80
now 1
01
Shaun Anderson
.0002.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Matt Festa
.0002.40
now 1
01
Shaun Anderson
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyMatt Festa — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeShaun Anderson — hold.conf 0.50
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