MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 6, 2026
Cole Sulser
TB · P
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Portrait of Nick Mears
Nick Mears
KC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nick Mears.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Nick Mears wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Cole Sulser wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Sulser
92.1
Nick Mears
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
13.3%
Nick Mears
8.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
22.7%
Nick Mears
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
34.2%
Nick Mears
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Sulser
40.7%
Nick Mears
50.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Sulser
12.4%
Nick Mears
12.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Sulser
.347
Nick Mears
.382
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
Cole Sulser
3.135.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
3.74
Nick Mears
3.135.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.12
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cole Sulser
1.121.66
now 1.54
1.24
Nick Mears
1.121.66
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Sulser
4028.60
now 18
21
Nick Mears
4028.60
now 15
23
Winshigher is better
Cole Sulser
.0005.20
now 1
12
Nick Mears
.0005.20
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Cole Sulser
.0005.60
now 2
14
Nick Mears
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Sulser — hold.conf 0.55
Hold · wait & seeNick Mears — hold.conf 0.50
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