MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Brent Headrick
Brent Headrick
NYY · P
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Portrait of Ian Seymour
Ian Seymour
TB · P
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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

Brent Headrick wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Ian Seymour wins 2 (K, SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brent Headrick
94.3
Ian Seymour
91.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
17.5%
Ian Seymour
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
29.1%
Ian Seymour
27.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
33.5%
Ian Seymour
33.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
37.1%
Ian Seymour
36.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
4.3%
Ian Seymour
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brent Headrick
.265
Ian Seymour
.285
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
Brent Headrick
25.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
2.89
Ian Seymour
25.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.66
3.36
WHIPlower is better
Brent Headrick
1.151.44
now 1.37
1.22
Ian Seymour
1.151.44
now 1.28
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brent Headrick
4037.60
now 29
18
Ian Seymour
4037.60
now 32
20
Winshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.2003.80
now 3
13
Ian Seymour
.2003.80
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.0003.40
now 0
0
Ian Seymour
.0003.40
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrent Headrick — buy.conf 0.92
BuyIan Seymour — buy.conf 0.82
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