MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 25, 2026
Portrait of Matt Gage
Matt Gage
SF · P
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Portrait of Orion Kerkering
Orion Kerkering
PHI · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Orion Kerkering.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Orion Kerkering wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Matt Gage wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Matt Gage
92.2
Orion Kerkering
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matt Gage
11.0%
Orion Kerkering
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matt Gage
17.9%
Orion Kerkering
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matt Gage
33.7%
Orion Kerkering
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matt Gage
29.9%
Orion Kerkering
24.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matt Gage
9.1%
Orion Kerkering
6.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matt Gage
.345
Orion Kerkering
.265
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 Gage
2.044.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.63
3.75
Orion Kerkering
2.044.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Matt Gage
1.061.36
now 1.29
1.25
Orion Kerkering
1.061.36
now 1.13
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matt Gage
4036.60
now 19
26
Orion Kerkering
4036.60
now 23
31
Winshigher is better
Matt Gage
.0009
now 4
37
Orion Kerkering
.0009
now 3
26
Saveshigher is better
Matt Gage
.0003.40
now 1
02
Orion Kerkering
.0003.40
now 1
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighMatt Gage — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeOrion Kerkering — hold.conf 0.50
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