MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Matthew Liberatore
Matthew Liberatore
STL · P
Change to
Patrick Sandoval
BOS · 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); Patrick Sandoval 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
Patrick Sandoval
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
11.0%
Patrick Sandoval
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
22.5%
Patrick Sandoval
22.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
29.8%
Patrick Sandoval
28.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
42.3%
Patrick Sandoval
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
8.6%
Patrick Sandoval
4.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
.338
Patrick Sandoval
.325
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
25.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.59
Patrick Sandoval
25.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.08
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Matthew Liberatore
1.221.58
now 1.50
1.38
Patrick Sandoval
1.221.58
now 1.38
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matthew Liberatore
4077.80
now 57
34
Patrick Sandoval
4077.80
now 5
33
Winshigher is better
Matthew Liberatore
.0004.20
now 3
13
Patrick Sandoval
.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 0.78
Hold · wait & seePatrick Sandoval — hold.conf 0.50
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