MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 3, 2026
Portrait of Matthew Liberatore
Matthew Liberatore
STL · P
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Portrait of Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai
HOU · P
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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, WHIP); Tatsuya Imai wins 2 (ERA, 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
Tatsuya Imai
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
10.7%
Tatsuya Imai
13.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
21.5%
Tatsuya Imai
27.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
29.4%
Tatsuya Imai
26.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
42.9%
Tatsuya Imai
46.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
10.6%
Tatsuya Imai
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
.359
Tatsuya Imai
.340
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
Matthew Liberatore
3.885.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
5.03
Tatsuya Imai
3.885.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.61
WHIPlower is better
Matthew Liberatore
1.291.57
now 1.50
1.39
Tatsuya Imai
1.291.57
now 1.36
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matthew Liberatore
4077
now 57
63
Tatsuya Imai
4077
now 28
50
Winshigher is better
Matthew Liberatore
.8006.20
now 3
25
Tatsuya Imai
.8006.20
now 2
35

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellMatthew Liberatore — sell.conf 0.90
SellTatsuya Imai — sell.conf 0.78
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