MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 26, 2026
Tarik Skubal
DET · P
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Portrait of Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

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

Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Tarik Skubal 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
Tarik Skubal
96.8
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Tarik Skubal
15.8%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
14.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Tarik Skubal
28.2%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
24.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Tarik Skubal
36.3%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
34.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Tarik Skubal
41.1%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
37.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Tarik Skubal
7.6%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
6.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Tarik Skubal
.293
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.286
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
Tarik Skubal
2.383.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
3.49
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
2.383.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.86
3.31
WHIPlower is better
Tarik Skubal
.9001.16
now 0.95
1.05
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.9001.16
now 1.00
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Tarik Skubal
40105.20
now 45
79
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
40105.20
now 69
88
Winshigher is better
Tarik Skubal
110
now 3
37
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
110
now 5
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyTarik Skubal — buy.conf 0.78
Sell HighYoshinobu Yamamoto — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.91
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