MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 29, 2026
Portrait of Matt Gage
Matt Gage
SF · P
Change to
Portrait of Yuki Matsui
Yuki Matsui
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
▶
◀
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Matt Gage wins 1 (WHIP); Yuki Matsui wins 1 (ERA); 2 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
Yuki Matsui
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matt Gage
11.6%
Yuki Matsui
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matt Gage
17.5%
Yuki Matsui
26.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matt Gage
34.1%
Yuki Matsui
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matt Gage
31.4%
Yuki Matsui
30.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matt Gage
10.5%
Yuki Matsui
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matt Gage
.352
Yuki Matsui
.270
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
25.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.63
3.76
Yuki Matsui
25.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.60
3.03
WHIPlower is better
Matt Gage
.9001.58
now 1.29
1.26
Yuki Matsui
.9001.58
now 0.87
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matt Gage
4026.60
now 19
0
Yuki Matsui
4026.60
now 15
0
Winshigher is better
Matt Gage
.0005.60
now 4
0–0
Yuki Matsui
.0005.60
now 0
0–0

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 HighYuki Matsui — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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