MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Chris Murphy
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Ian Seymour
Ian Seymour
TB · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chris Murphy.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — WHIP, wins, and saves. Ian Seymour’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Chris Murphy wins 3 categories (WHIP, W, SV); Ian Seymour wins 2 (K, ERA).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Murphy
96.3
Ian Seymour
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
16.3%
Ian Seymour
14.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
21.4%
Ian Seymour
27.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
29.2%
Ian Seymour
33.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Murphy
34.9%
Ian Seymour
35.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Murphy
7.9%
Ian Seymour
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Murphy
.304
Ian Seymour
.291
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
Chris Murphy
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.59
3.70
Ian Seymour
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.66
3.48
WHIPlower is better
Chris Murphy
.9002.55
now 2.32
1.24
Ian Seymour
.9002.55
now 1.28
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Murphy
4042.40
now 6
15
Ian Seymour
4042.40
now 32
26
Winshigher is better
Chris Murphy
.0005.20
now 1
14
Ian Seymour
.0005.20
now 3
14
Saveshigher is better
Chris Murphy
.0006.60
now 1
15
Ian Seymour
.0006.60
now 2
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChris Murphy — hold.conf 0.50
BuyIan Seymour — buy.conf 0.79
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