MLB Daily DeltaWeek 28 · October 7, 2026
Portrait of Emmet Sheehan
Emmet Sheehan
LAD · P
Change to
Portrait of Jacob deGrom
Jacob deGrom
TEX · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob deGrom.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
▶
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Jacob deGrom wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Emmet Sheehan wins 0 (none); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Emmet Sheehan
94.4
Jacob deGrom
97.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Emmet Sheehan
16.0%
Jacob deGrom
17.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Emmet Sheehan
28.0%
Jacob deGrom
30.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Emmet Sheehan
35.5%
Jacob deGrom
35.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Emmet Sheehan
38.5%
Jacob deGrom
45.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Emmet Sheehan
9.7%
Jacob deGrom
7.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Emmet Sheehan
.292
Jacob deGrom
.288
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
Emmet Sheehan
3.064.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.57
Jacob deGrom
3.064.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.48
3.47
WHIPlower is better
Emmet Sheehan
.9401.25
now 1.16
1.18
Jacob deGrom
.9401.25
now 1.01
1.17

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Emmet Sheehan
40109.20
now 62
0
Jacob deGrom
40109.20
now 78
0
Winshigher is better
Emmet Sheehan
.0005.60
now 3
0–0
Jacob deGrom
.0005.60
now 4
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyEmmet Sheehan — buy.conf 0.76
BuyJacob deGrom — buy.conf 0.79
Tweet