MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Phil Maton
Phil Maton
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of Taylor Clarke
Taylor Clarke
AZ · P
Change to
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

Phil Maton wins 1 (K); Taylor Clarke wins 1 (W); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Phil Maton
90.2
Taylor Clarke
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Phil Maton
12.1%
Taylor Clarke
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Phil Maton
22.8%
Taylor Clarke
13.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Phil Maton
29.3%
Taylor Clarke
30.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Phil Maton
42.9%
Taylor Clarke
32.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Phil Maton
11.9%
Taylor Clarke
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Phil Maton
.389
Taylor Clarke
.307
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
Phil Maton
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.23
3.70
Taylor Clarke
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.80
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Phil Maton
.9002.12
now 1.71
1.24
Taylor Clarke
.9002.12
now 0.68
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Phil Maton
4027.60
now 22
20
Taylor Clarke
4027.60
now 12
10
Winshigher is better
Phil Maton
.0002.80
now 0
00
Taylor Clarke
.0002.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seePhil Maton — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTaylor Clarke — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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