MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Emmet Sheehan
Emmet Sheehan
LAD · P
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Portrait of MacKenzie Gore
MacKenzie Gore
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Emmet Sheehan.

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

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

Emmet Sheehan wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); MacKenzie Gore wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Emmet Sheehan
94.5
MacKenzie Gore
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Emmet Sheehan
15.3%
MacKenzie Gore
12.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Emmet Sheehan
26.3%
MacKenzie Gore
26.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Emmet Sheehan
35.1%
MacKenzie Gore
31.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Emmet Sheehan
38.7%
MacKenzie Gore
42.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Emmet Sheehan
9.8%
MacKenzie Gore
9.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Emmet Sheehan
.301
MacKenzie Gore
.303
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
Emmet Sheehan
3.494.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.78
MacKenzie Gore
3.494.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.96
3.84
WHIPlower is better
Emmet Sheehan
1.091.36
now 1.16
1.23
MacKenzie Gore
1.091.36
now 1.19
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Emmet Sheehan
41.2071.80
now 62
49
MacKenzie Gore
41.2071.80
now 65
48
Winshigher is better
Emmet Sheehan
1.204.80
now 3
23
MacKenzie Gore
1.204.80
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyEmmet Sheehan — buy.conf 0.70
Hold · leans buyMacKenzie Gore — hold.conf 0.60
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