MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
LAD · P
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Portrait of Zack Wheeler
Zack Wheeler
PHI · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Zack Wheeler.

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

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

Zack Wheeler wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins 1 (K); 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
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
96.0
Zack Wheeler
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
13.3%
Zack Wheeler
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
24.5%
Zack Wheeler
30.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
33.7%
Zack Wheeler
36.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
34.3%
Zack Wheeler
33.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
6.3%
Zack Wheeler
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.278
Zack Wheeler
.252
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
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
23.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.86
3.18
Zack Wheeler
23.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.27
2.60
WHIPlower is better
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.9001.19
now 1.00
1.09
Zack Wheeler
.9001.19
now 0.85
1.05

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
4080.60
now 69
53
Zack Wheeler
4080.60
now 40
40
Winshigher is better
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.4007.60
now 5
25
Zack Wheeler
.4007.60
now 4
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighYoshinobu Yamamoto — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.83
Sell HighZack Wheeler — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.83
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