MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Matthew Liberatore
Matthew Liberatore
STL · P
Change to
Mitch Bratt
AZ · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Matthew Liberatore wins 2 (K, W); Mitch Bratt wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
94.4
Mitch Bratt
91.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
10.9%
Mitch Bratt
8.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
21.9%
Mitch Bratt
13.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
29.2%
Mitch Bratt
27.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
42.6%
Mitch Bratt
38.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
9.0%
Mitch Bratt
9.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
.346
Mitch Bratt
.345
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 Liberatore
3.346.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.79
Mitch Bratt
3.346.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Matthew Liberatore
1.151.82
now 1.50
1.41
Mitch Bratt
1.151.82
now 1.67
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matthew Liberatore
4078.60
now 57
42
Mitch Bratt
4078.60
now 3
18
Winshigher is better
Matthew Liberatore
.0004.20
now 3
13
Mitch Bratt
.0004.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellMatthew Liberatore — sell.conf 0.87
Hold · wait & seeMitch Bratt — hold.conf 0.50
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