MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Paul Skenes
Paul Skenes
PIT · P
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Portrait of Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Paul Skenes.

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

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

Paul Skenes wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Paul Skenes
96.9
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Paul Skenes
14.7%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
13.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Paul Skenes
30.4%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
24.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Paul Skenes
33.8%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
33.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Paul Skenes
37.8%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
34.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Paul Skenes
6.6%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Paul Skenes
.262
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.278
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
Paul Skenes
2.603.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.89
2.82
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
2.603.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.86
3.18
WHIPlower is better
Paul Skenes
.9001.22
now 0.86
1.12
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.9001.22
now 1.00
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Paul Skenes
44.2083.80
now 75
56
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
44.2083.80
now 69
53
Winshigher is better
Paul Skenes
.4007.60
now 6
36
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.4007.60
now 5
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyPaul Skenes — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighYoshinobu Yamamoto — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.83
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