MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Matt Waldron
WSH · P
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Portrait of Zebby Matthews
Zebby Matthews
MIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Waldron.

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

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

Matt Waldron wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Zebby Matthews 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 Waldron
92.0
Zebby Matthews
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matt Waldron
8.8%
Zebby Matthews
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matt Waldron
17.0%
Zebby Matthews
19.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matt Waldron
31.5%
Zebby Matthews
27.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matt Waldron
36.5%
Zebby Matthews
41.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matt Waldron
5.4%
Zebby Matthews
11.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matt Waldron
.292
Zebby Matthews
.330
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
2.328.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.08
Zebby Matthews
2.328.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.63
4.45
WHIPlower is better
Matt Waldron
.9001.98
now 1.71
1.30
Zebby Matthews
.9001.98
now 1.03
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matt Waldron
4029.60
now 22
10
Zebby Matthews
4029.60
now 24
12
Winshigher is better
Matt Waldron
.0001.48
now 1
01
Zebby Matthews
.0001.48
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowMatt Waldron — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
SellZebby Matthews — sell.conf 0.71
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