MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Matt Gage
Matt Gage
SF · P
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Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Trent Thornton.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Trent Thornton wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Matt Gage wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Matt Gage
92.2
Trent Thornton
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matt Gage
11.6%
Trent Thornton
10.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matt Gage
17.5%
Trent Thornton
15.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matt Gage
34.1%
Trent Thornton
30.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matt Gage
31.4%
Trent Thornton
44.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matt Gage
10.5%
Trent Thornton
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matt Gage
.352
Trent Thornton
.344
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
24.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.63
3.76
Trent Thornton
24.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Matt Gage
.9001.45
now 1.29
1.26
Trent Thornton
.9001.45
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matt Gage
4025.40
now 19
4
Trent Thornton
4025.40
now 6
3
Winshigher is better
Matt Gage
.0005.60
now 4
01
Trent Thornton
.0005.60
now 2
01

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeMatt Gage — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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