MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Alex Lange
Alex Lange
KC · P
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Portrait of Sean Newcomb
Sean Newcomb
CWS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Alex Lange.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP. Sean Newcomb’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

Alex Lange wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Sean Newcomb wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Lange
95.9
Sean Newcomb
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Lange
12.1%
Sean Newcomb
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Lange
21.1%
Sean Newcomb
23.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Lange
28.4%
Sean Newcomb
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Lange
42.3%
Sean Newcomb
35.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Lange
11.7%
Sean Newcomb
5.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Lange
.343
Sean Newcomb
.303
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Alex Lange
25.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.77
Sean Newcomb
25.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.78
WHIPlower is better
Alex Lange
.9701.46
now 1.35
1.26
Sean Newcomb
.9701.46
now 1.08
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Lange
4036.60
now 26
24
Sean Newcomb
4036.60
now 31
22
Winshigher is better
Alex Lange
.000.480
now 0
00
Sean Newcomb
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Alex Lange
.0002.40
now 0
0
Sean Newcomb
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAlex Lange — hold.conf 0.55
Sell HighSean Newcomb — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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