MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Ryan Thompson
Ryan Thompson
AZ · P
Change to
Portrait of Yuki Matsui
Yuki Matsui
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yuki Matsui.

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

Yuki Matsui wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Ryan Thompson 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
Ryan Thompson
91.3
Yuki Matsui
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ryan Thompson
9.3%
Yuki Matsui
16.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ryan Thompson
15.6%
Yuki Matsui
26.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ryan Thompson
35.9%
Yuki Matsui
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ryan Thompson
34.0%
Yuki Matsui
30.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ryan Thompson
4.3%
Yuki Matsui
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ryan Thompson
.311
Yuki Matsui
.274
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
Ryan Thompson
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.75
3.70
Yuki Matsui
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.60
3.11
WHIPlower is better
Ryan Thompson
.9001.58
now 1.17
1.24
Yuki Matsui
.9001.58
now 0.87
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ryan Thompson
4020.60
now 12
3
Yuki Matsui
4020.60
now 15
5
Winshigher is better
Ryan Thompson
.0002.80
now 2
01
Yuki Matsui
.0002.80
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowRyan Thompson — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.71
Sell HighYuki Matsui — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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