Head to head · 2026 pitching
Matthew Boyd vs Merrill Kelly
In 2026 Matthew Boyd has been worth 1.7 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.
- Both among the 25 most valuable pitchers of 2025 by dbWAR.
- Their 2025 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.
2026 season
| Statistic | Matthew Boyd | Merrill Kelly |
|---|---|---|
| G | 22 | 29 |
| GS | 22 | 29 |
| IP | 126.2 | 162.0 |
| W | 10 | 10 |
| SO | 96 | 113 |
| ERA | 3.91 | 4.94 |
| FIP | 4.22 | 5.33 |
| WHIP | 1.21 | 1.46 |
| K/9 | 6.8 | 6.3 |
| BB/9 | 2.8 | 3.9 |
| FIP− | 101 | 127 |
| WAR | 1.5 | -0.2 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Matthew Boyd | Merrill Kelly |
|---|---|---|
| G | 8 | 4 |
| GS | 7 | 4 |
| IP | 25.2 | 24.0 |
| W | 0 | 3 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 27 | 28 |
| BB | 13 | 8 |
| ERA | 2.81 | 2.25 |
| WHIP | 1.40 | 0.83 |
| K/9 | 9.5 | 10.5 |
| BB/9 | 4.6 | 3.0 |
Career
Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.
| Statistic | Matthew Boyd | Merrill Kelly |
|---|---|---|
| G | 235 | 201 |
| GS | 221 | 201 |
| IP | 1,214.2 | 1,170.1 |
| W | 70 | 75 |
| L | 82 | 67 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 1,141 | 1,024 |
| BB | 375 | 370 |
| ERA | 4.50 | 3.93 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.23 |
| K/9 | 8.5 | 7.9 |
| BB/9 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| HR/9 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| WAR | 12.6 | 15.1 |
More head to heads
The same seasons, measured against somebody else.
FIP uses the constant solved from this season’s own runs, and FIP− is park-adjusted against the same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.