MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 6, 2026
Clay Holmes
NYM · P
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Portrait of Sean Burke
Sean Burke
CWS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sean Burke.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Clay Holmes’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Sean Burke wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Clay Holmes wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Clay Holmes
94.6
Sean Burke
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Clay Holmes
10.4%
Sean Burke
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Clay Holmes
20.9%
Sean Burke
25.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Clay Holmes
32.9%
Sean Burke
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Clay Holmes
44.0%
Sean Burke
36.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Clay Holmes
5.3%
Sean Burke
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Clay Holmes
.306
Sean Burke
.300
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
Clay Holmes
24.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.39
3.88
Sean Burke
24.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.72
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Clay Holmes
1.011.42
now 1.10
1.33
Sean Burke
1.011.42
now 1.13
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Clay Holmes
4068.80
now 45
60
Sean Burke
4068.80
now 60
62
Winshigher is better
Clay Holmes
.0009.40
now 4
37
Sean Burke
.0009.40
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighClay Holmes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuySean Burke — buy.conf 0.72
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