MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Matt Festa
Matt Festa
CLE · P
Change to
Ty Madden
DET · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ty Madden.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Matt Festa’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ty Madden wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Matt Festa wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Matt Festa
92.5
Ty Madden
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matt Festa
13.2%
Ty Madden
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matt Festa
25.4%
Ty Madden
27.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matt Festa
29.8%
Ty Madden
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matt Festa
40.7%
Ty Madden
31.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matt Festa
8.9%
Ty Madden
5.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matt Festa
.315
Ty Madden
.270
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
2.435.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.68
3.99
Ty Madden
2.435.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.07
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Matt Festa
.9001.37
now 1.24
1.25
Ty Madden
.9001.37
now 0.95
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matt Festa
4032.60
now 27
16
Ty Madden
4032.60
now 16
25
Winshigher is better
Matt Festa
.0001.48
now 1
01
Ty Madden
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Matt Festa
.0002.40
now 1
01
Ty Madden
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyMatt Festa — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighTy Madden — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
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