MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Portrait of Emerson Hancock
Emerson Hancock
SEA · P
Change to
JP Sears
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Emerson Hancock wins 2 (K, WHIP); JP Sears wins 2 (ERA, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Emerson Hancock
95.4
JP Sears
93.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Emerson Hancock
12.0%
JP Sears
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Emerson Hancock
24.1%
JP Sears
19.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Emerson Hancock
25.9%
JP Sears
24.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Emerson Hancock
43.8%
JP Sears
47.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Emerson Hancock
9.4%
JP Sears
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Emerson Hancock
.321
JP Sears
.354
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
Emerson Hancock
2.234.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.80
4.23
JP Sears
2.234.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.18
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Emerson Hancock
.9001.44
now 0.95
1.17
JP Sears
.9001.44
now 1.24
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Emerson Hancock
4096
now 70
57
JP Sears
4096
now 5
42
Winshigher is better
Emerson Hancock
.00016.40
now 4
25
JP Sears
.00016.40
now 1
512

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEmerson Hancock — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeJP Sears — hold.conf 0.50
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