MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Nick Martinez
Nick Martinez
TB · P
Change to
Portrait of Walbert Ureña
Walbert Ureña
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Walbert Ureña.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Nick Martinez’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Walbert Ureña wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Nick Martinez wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Nick Martinez
92.7
Walbert Ureña
97.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Nick Martinez
8.9%
Walbert Ureña
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Nick Martinez
14.8%
Walbert Ureña
22.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Nick Martinez
32.0%
Walbert Ureña
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Nick Martinez
33.2%
Walbert Ureña
35.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Nick Martinez
6.9%
Walbert Ureña
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Nick Martinez
.316
Walbert Ureña
.286
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
Nick Martinez
25.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.62
4.17
Walbert Ureña
25.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.44
3.39
WHIPlower is better
Nick Martinez
11.49
now 1.11
1.20
Walbert Ureña
11.49
now 1.38
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Nick Martinez
4054.20
now 41
8
Walbert Ureña
4054.20
now 41
10
Winshigher is better
Nick Martinez
.0007
now 5
11
Walbert Ureña
.0007
now 2
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighNick Martinez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighWalbert Ureña — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.91
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