MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Tarik Skubal
LAD · 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 and WHIP.

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

Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Tarik Skubal wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; 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
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Tarik Skubal
16.7%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Tarik Skubal
29.9%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
25.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Tarik Skubal
36.9%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Tarik Skubal
36.3%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
36.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Tarik Skubal
7.0%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Tarik Skubal
.270
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
Tarik Skubal
2.483.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
3.01
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
2.483.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.86
3.03
WHIPlower is better
Tarik Skubal
.9001.13
now 0.95
1.06
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.9001.13
now 1.00
1.05

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Tarik Skubal
4091.40
now 45
13
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
4091.40
now 69
14
Winshigher is better
Tarik Skubal
.0006.60
now 3
11
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.0006.60
now 5
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyTarik Skubal — 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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