MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Robbie Ray
Robbie Ray
SF · P
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Portrait of Zebby Matthews
Zebby Matthews
MIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Robbie Ray.

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

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

Robbie Ray wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Zebby Matthews wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Robbie Ray
93.3
Zebby Matthews
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Robbie Ray
11.9%
Zebby Matthews
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Robbie Ray
20.6%
Zebby Matthews
19.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Robbie Ray
28.6%
Zebby Matthews
27.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Robbie Ray
38.4%
Zebby Matthews
38.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Robbie Ray
9.2%
Zebby Matthews
12.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Robbie Ray
.330
Zebby Matthews
.335
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
Robbie Ray
4.214.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.45
4.43
Zebby Matthews
4.214.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.63
4.54
WHIPlower is better
Robbie Ray
.9001.55
now 1.40
1.40
Zebby Matthews
.9001.55
now 1.03
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Robbie Ray
4073
now 59
57
Zebby Matthews
4073
now 24
55
Winshigher is better
Robbie Ray
.0005.20
now 3
24
Zebby Matthews
.0005.20
now 1
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighRobbie Ray — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
SellZebby Matthews — sell.conf 0.75
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