MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Matt Gage
Matt Gage
SF · P
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Portrait of Ryne Stanek
Ryne Stanek
STL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryne Stanek.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ryne Stanek 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
Ryne Stanek
98.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matt Gage
11.6%
Ryne Stanek
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matt Gage
17.5%
Ryne Stanek
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matt Gage
34.1%
Ryne Stanek
28.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matt Gage
31.4%
Ryne Stanek
36.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matt Gage
10.5%
Ryne Stanek
8.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matt Gage
.352
Ryne Stanek
.322
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
26.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.63
3.76
Ryne Stanek
26.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.56
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Matt Gage
1.051.96
now 1.29
1.26
Ryne Stanek
1.051.96
now 1.76
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matt Gage
4036.80
now 19
13
Ryne Stanek
4036.80
now 30
20
Winshigher is better
Matt Gage
.0005.60
now 4
14
Ryne Stanek
.0005.60
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Matt Gage
.0002.40
now 1
01
Ryne Stanek
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeMatt Gage — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyne Stanek — hold.conf 0.50
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