MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 30, 2026
Portrait of Matthew Liberatore
Matthew Liberatore
STL · P
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Portrait of Nick Lodolo
Nick Lodolo
CIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matthew Liberatore.

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

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

Matthew Liberatore wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Nick Lodolo wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
94.5
Nick Lodolo
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
10.3%
Nick Lodolo
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
20.2%
Nick Lodolo
18.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
29.3%
Nick Lodolo
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
42.9%
Nick Lodolo
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
10.9%
Nick Lodolo
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
.365
Nick Lodolo
.374
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
3.945.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
5.15
Nick Lodolo
3.945.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.20
5.37
WHIPlower is better
Matthew Liberatore
1.301.57
now 1.50
1.40
Nick Lodolo
1.301.57
now 1.37
1.41

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matthew Liberatore
4085
now 57
67
Nick Lodolo
4085
now 22
62
Winshigher is better
Matthew Liberatore
.0009
now 3
25
Nick Lodolo
.0009
now 2
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellMatthew Liberatore — sell.conf 0.90
SellNick Lodolo — sell.conf 0.90
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