MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Portrait of Matt Gage
Matt Gage
SF · P
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Portrait of Rico Garcia
Rico Garcia
BAL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Rico Garcia.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Rico Garcia wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Matt Gage wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Matt Gage
92.2
Rico Garcia
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matt Gage
10.9%
Rico Garcia
17.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matt Gage
18.1%
Rico Garcia
29.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matt Gage
33.6%
Rico Garcia
27.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matt Gage
30.4%
Rico Garcia
32.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matt Gage
8.9%
Rico Garcia
9.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matt Gage
.343
Rico Garcia
.278
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 Gage
24.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.63
3.74
Rico Garcia
24.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.71
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Matt Gage
.9001.55
now 1.29
1.25
Rico Garcia
.9001.55
now 0.63
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matt Gage
4033.60
now 19
25
Rico Garcia
4033.60
now 28
27
Winshigher is better
Matt Gage
.0009
now 4
37
Rico Garcia
.0009
now 3
25
Saveshigher is better
Matt Gage
.0007
now 1
02
Rico Garcia
.0007
now 3
25
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighMatt Gage — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighRico Garcia — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.72
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