MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of David Bednar
David Bednar
NYY · P
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Portrait of Paul Sewald
Paul Sewald
AZ · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

David Bednar.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

David Bednar wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Paul Sewald wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
David Bednar
96.1
Paul Sewald
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
David Bednar
16.4%
Paul Sewald
15.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
David Bednar
28.2%
Paul Sewald
28.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
David Bednar
39.5%
Paul Sewald
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
David Bednar
37.8%
Paul Sewald
44.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
David Bednar
4.2%
Paul Sewald
16.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
David Bednar
.260
Paul Sewald
.311
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
David Bednar
3.284.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.67
Paul Sewald
3.284.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.63
3.71
WHIPlower is better
David Bednar
.9001.92
now 1.58
1.24
Paul Sewald
.9001.92
now 0.72
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
David Bednar
4034.60
now 29
21
Paul Sewald
4034.60
now 24
18
Winshigher is better
David Bednar
.0001.48
now 1
01
Paul Sewald
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
David Bednar
2.4018.60
now 12
611
Paul Sewald
2.4018.60
now 15
814
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDavid Bednar — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seePaul Sewald — hold.conf 0.50
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