MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Emmet Sheehan
Emmet Sheehan
LAD · P
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Portrait of Troy Melton
Troy Melton
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Troy Melton.

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

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Emmet Sheehan
94.5
Troy Melton
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Emmet Sheehan
15.3%
Troy Melton
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Emmet Sheehan
26.6%
Troy Melton
23.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Emmet Sheehan
35.2%
Troy Melton
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Emmet Sheehan
39.4%
Troy Melton
35.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Emmet Sheehan
9.7%
Troy Melton
5.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Emmet Sheehan
.306
Troy Melton
.271
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
25.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.88
Troy Melton
25.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.42
3.00
WHIPlower is better
Emmet Sheehan
.9001.34
now 1.16
1.23
Troy Melton
.9001.34
now 0.95
1.20

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Emmet Sheehan
4085.20
now 62
59
Troy Melton
4085.20
now 4
13
Winshigher is better
Emmet Sheehan
.0006.60
now 3
24
Troy Melton
.0006.60
now 1
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyEmmet Sheehan — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighTroy Melton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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