MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Max Scherzer
TOR · P
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Portrait of Zebby Matthews
Zebby Matthews
MIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Zebby Matthews.

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

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

Zebby Matthews wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Max Scherzer wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Max Scherzer
93.1
Zebby Matthews
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Max Scherzer
8.7%
Zebby Matthews
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Max Scherzer
13.7%
Zebby Matthews
19.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Max Scherzer
30.5%
Zebby Matthews
27.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Max Scherzer
39.5%
Zebby Matthews
38.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Max Scherzer
13.2%
Zebby Matthews
12.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Max Scherzer
.378
Zebby Matthews
.330
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
Max Scherzer
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.23
4.14
Zebby Matthews
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.63
4.41
WHIPlower is better
Max Scherzer
.9002.01
now 1.73
1.31
Zebby Matthews
.9002.01
now 1.03
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Max Scherzer
4077
now 14
50
Zebby Matthews
4077
now 24
59
Winshigher is better
Max Scherzer
.2003.80
now 1
13
Zebby Matthews
.2003.80
now 1
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeMax Scherzer — hold.conf 0.50
SellZebby Matthews — sell.conf 0.69
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