MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Matthew Liberatore
Matthew Liberatore
STL · P
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Portrait of Zack Littell
Zack Littell
WSH · 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, ERA); Zack Littell wins 2 (WHIP, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
94.4
Zack Littell
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
10.8%
Zack Littell
8.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
21.7%
Zack Littell
14.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
29.4%
Zack Littell
30.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
43.0%
Zack Littell
45.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
9.3%
Zack Littell
11.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
.350
Zack Littell
.381
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
3.846.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.87
Zack Littell
3.846.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
5.63
WHIPlower is better
Matthew Liberatore
1.271.57
now 1.50
1.39
Zack Littell
1.271.57
now 1.37
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matthew Liberatore
4066.60
now 57
45
Zack Littell
4066.60
now 35
33
Winshigher is better
Matthew Liberatore
.4007.60
now 3
23
Zack Littell
.4007.60
now 5
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellMatthew Liberatore — sell.conf 0.90
Sell HighZack Littell — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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