MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 11, 2026
Portrait of Blas Castaño
Blas Castaño
COL · P
Change to
Portrait of Sean Newcomb
Sean Newcomb
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Blas Castaño wins 2 (K, WHIP); Sean Newcomb wins 2 (ERA, SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Blas Castaño
94.5
Sean Newcomb
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
9.0%
Sean Newcomb
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
20.0%
Sean Newcomb
24.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
28.1%
Sean Newcomb
27.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blas Castaño
50.0%
Sean Newcomb
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blas Castaño
10.0%
Sean Newcomb
4.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blas Castaño
.368
Sean Newcomb
.295
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
Blas Castaño
25.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.91
3.70
Sean Newcomb
25.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.59
WHIPlower is better
Blas Castaño
.9301.60
now 1.45
1.24
Sean Newcomb
.9301.60
now 1.08
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blas Castaño
4039.40
now 10
28
Sean Newcomb
4039.40
now 31
25
Winshigher is better
Blas Castaño
.000.480
now 0
00
Sean Newcomb
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Blas Castaño
.0003.40
now 0
0
Sean Newcomb
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlas Castaño — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighSean Newcomb — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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