MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Matt Svanson
STL · P
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Portrait of Yoendrys Gómez
Yoendrys Gómez
MIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Svanson.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, and wins. Yoendrys Gómez’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Matt Svanson wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); Yoendrys Gómez wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Matt Svanson
97.0
Yoendrys Gómez
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matt Svanson
9.4%
Yoendrys Gómez
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matt Svanson
21.6%
Yoendrys Gómez
20.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matt Svanson
24.7%
Yoendrys Gómez
27.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matt Svanson
46.0%
Yoendrys Gómez
45.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matt Svanson
7.3%
Yoendrys Gómez
10.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matt Svanson
.362
Yoendrys Gómez
.345
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Matt Svanson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.77
3.80
Yoendrys Gómez
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.08
3.81
WHIPlower is better
Matt Svanson
.9702.23
now 1.95
1.25
Yoendrys Gómez
.9702.23
now 1.36
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matt Svanson
4032.60
now 26
25
Yoendrys Gómez
4032.60
now 27
23
Winshigher is better
Matt Svanson
.0001.48
now 1
01
Yoendrys Gómez
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Matt Svanson
.0004.40
now 0
0
Yoendrys Gómez
.0004.40
now 3
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeMatt Svanson — hold.conf 0.55
Sell HighYoendrys Gómez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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