MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Chris Roycroft
TB · P
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Portrait of Sean Newcomb
Sean Newcomb
CWS · 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

Chris Roycroft wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Sean Newcomb wins 2 (K, SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
94.2
Sean Newcomb
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
8.1%
Sean Newcomb
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
16.2%
Sean Newcomb
22.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
27.3%
Sean Newcomb
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Roycroft
44.3%
Sean Newcomb
35.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Roycroft
12.9%
Sean Newcomb
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Roycroft
.386
Sean Newcomb
.308
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
Chris Roycroft
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.27
3.70
Sean Newcomb
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.87
WHIPlower is better
Chris Roycroft
.9002.55
now 3.55
1.24
Sean Newcomb
.9002.55
now 1.08
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Roycroft
4042.20
now 3
10
Sean Newcomb
4042.20
now 31
16
Winshigher is better
Chris Roycroft
.000.480
now 0
00
Sean Newcomb
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Chris Roycroft
.0002.40
now 0
0
Sean Newcomb
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChris Roycroft — hold.conf 0.55
Hold · steadySean Newcomb — hold.conf 0.60
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