MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Matthew Boyd
CHC · P
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Portrait of Troy Melton
Troy Melton
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Troy Melton.

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

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

Troy Melton wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Matthew Boyd 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
Matthew Boyd
92.7
Troy Melton
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matthew Boyd
12.9%
Troy Melton
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matthew Boyd
22.4%
Troy Melton
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matthew Boyd
32.7%
Troy Melton
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matthew Boyd
41.8%
Troy Melton
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matthew Boyd
9.4%
Troy Melton
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matthew Boyd
.323
Troy Melton
.278
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
Matthew Boyd
27.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
4.30
Troy Melton
27.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.42
3.20
WHIPlower is better
Matthew Boyd
.9001.43
now 1.29
1.29
Troy Melton
.9001.43
now 0.95
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matthew Boyd
4072.60
now 31
53
Troy Melton
4072.60
now 4
12
Winshigher is better
Matthew Boyd
.0006.60
now 2
25
Troy Melton
.0006.60
now 1
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellMatthew Boyd — sell.conf 0.64
Sell HighTroy Melton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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