MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Matt Waldron
SD · P
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Portrait of Walbert Ureña
Walbert Ureña
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Walbert Ureña.

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

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

Walbert Ureña wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Matt Waldron wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Matt Waldron
92.0
Walbert Ureña
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matt Waldron
8.5%
Walbert Ureña
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matt Waldron
19.0%
Walbert Ureña
22.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matt Waldron
30.0%
Walbert Ureña
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matt Waldron
40.4%
Walbert Ureña
33.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matt Waldron
6.4%
Walbert Ureña
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matt Waldron
.306
Walbert Ureña
.282
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 Waldron
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.09
Walbert Ureña
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.44
3.28
WHIPlower is better
Matt Waldron
1.141.87
now 1.71
1.30
Walbert Ureña
1.141.87
now 1.38
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matt Waldron
4048.60
now 22
37
Walbert Ureña
4048.60
now 41
39
Winshigher is better
Matt Waldron
.2003.80
now 1
12
Walbert Ureña
.2003.80
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeMatt Waldron — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighWalbert Ureña — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.85
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