MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 17, 2026
Portrait of Emerson Hancock
Emerson Hancock
SEA · P
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Portrait of Sean Burke
Sean Burke
CWS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Emerson Hancock.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, and wins.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Emerson Hancock
95.4
Sean Burke
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Emerson Hancock
12.0%
Sean Burke
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Emerson Hancock
24.1%
Sean Burke
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Emerson Hancock
25.9%
Sean Burke
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Emerson Hancock
43.8%
Sean Burke
36.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Emerson Hancock
9.4%
Sean Burke
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Emerson Hancock
.321
Sean Burke
.296
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
Emerson Hancock
2.234.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.80
4.23
Sean Burke
2.234.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.72
3.61
WHIPlower is better
Emerson Hancock
.9001.36
now 0.95
1.17
Sean Burke
.9001.36
now 1.13
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Emerson Hancock
44.8077.20
now 70
56
Sean Burke
44.8077.20
now 60
52
Winshigher is better
Emerson Hancock
.0006.60
now 4
25
Sean Burke
.0006.60
now 2
13

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
BuySean Burke — buy.conf 0.75
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