MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Matthew Liberatore
Matthew Liberatore
STL · P
Change to
Zac Thornton
NYM · 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); Zac Thornton 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
Zac Thornton
92.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
11.0%
Zac Thornton
10.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
22.5%
Zac Thornton
17.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
29.8%
Zac Thornton
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
42.3%
Zac Thornton
40.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
8.6%
Zac Thornton
10.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
.338
Zac Thornton
.337
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
3.884.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.59
Zac Thornton
3.884.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Matthew Liberatore
1.021.64
now 1.50
1.38
Zac Thornton
1.021.64
now 1.16
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matthew Liberatore
4075.80
now 57
34
Zac Thornton
4075.80
now 10
32
Winshigher is better
Matthew Liberatore
.0004.20
now 3
13
Zac Thornton
.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
Sell HighZac Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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