MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Albert Suárez
BAL · P
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Portrait of Sean Manaea
Sean Manaea
NYM · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sean Manaea.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Albert Suárez’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Sean Manaea wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Albert Suárez wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Albert Suárez
93.6
Sean Manaea
90.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
11.0%
Sean Manaea
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
16.0%
Sean Manaea
22.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
26.4%
Sean Manaea
31.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Albert Suárez
40.7%
Sean Manaea
40.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Albert Suárez
8.7%
Sean Manaea
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Albert Suárez
.339
Sean Manaea
.331
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
Albert Suárez
26.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.61
4.48
Sean Manaea
26.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.08
4.31
WHIPlower is better
Albert Suárez
1.111.56
now 1.21
1.39
Sean Manaea
1.111.56
now 1.46
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Albert Suárez
4054.80
now 10
11
Sean Manaea
4054.80
now 42
27
Winshigher is better
Albert Suárez
.0004.20
now 2
13
Sean Manaea
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Albert Suárez
.0003.40
now 1
02
Sean Manaea
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAlbert Suárez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
SellSean Manaea — sell.conf 0.71
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