MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Payton Tolle
Payton Tolle
BOS · P
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Portrait of Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Payton Tolle wins 1 (ERA); Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Payton Tolle
96.1
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Payton Tolle
15.2%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Payton Tolle
28.9%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
25.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Payton Tolle
36.2%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Payton Tolle
35.0%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
36.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Payton Tolle
6.6%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Payton Tolle
.255
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.271
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
Payton Tolle
2.393.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.61
2.68
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
2.393.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.86
3.03
WHIPlower is better
Payton Tolle
.9001.25
now 0.90
1.15
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.9001.25
now 1.00
1.05

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Payton Tolle
4091
now 46
14
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
4091
now 69
14
Winshigher is better
Payton Tolle
.0007
now 2
01
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.0007
now 5
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyPayton Tolle — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighYoshinobu Yamamoto — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
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