MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · July 1, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Pfaadt
Brandon Pfaadt
AZ · 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 and ERA.

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

Sean Manaea wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Brandon Pfaadt wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
93.5
Sean Manaea
90.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
11.6%
Sean Manaea
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
18.1%
Sean Manaea
22.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
30.5%
Sean Manaea
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
40.8%
Sean Manaea
38.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
11.7%
Sean Manaea
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
.352
Sean Manaea
.313
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
Brandon Pfaadt
3.256.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.94
Sean Manaea
3.256.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.08
3.92
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Pfaadt
1.211.53
now 1.41
1.28
Sean Manaea
1.211.53
now 1.46
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
4056.60
now 30
41
Sean Manaea
4056.60
now 42
49
Winshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.000.480
now 0
00
Sean Manaea
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrandon Pfaadt — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowSean Manaea — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.80
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