MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Matt Gage
Matt Gage
SF · P
Change to
Victor Vodnik
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Victor Vodnik.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Victor Vodnik 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
Victor Vodnik
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matt Gage
11.6%
Victor Vodnik
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matt Gage
17.5%
Victor Vodnik
15.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matt Gage
34.1%
Victor Vodnik
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matt Gage
31.4%
Victor Vodnik
42.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matt Gage
10.5%
Victor Vodnik
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matt Gage
.352
Victor Vodnik
.327
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.63
3.76
Victor Vodnik
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Matt Gage
.9002.46
now 1.29
1.26
Victor Vodnik
.9002.46
now 2.11
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matt Gage
4024.60
now 19
14
Victor Vodnik
4024.60
now 16
16
Winshigher is better
Matt Gage
.0005.20
now 4
14
Victor Vodnik
.0005.20
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Matt Gage
.0005.60
now 1
01
Victor Vodnik
.0005.60
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeMatt Gage — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeVictor Vodnik — hold.conf 0.55
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