MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of George Kirby
George Kirby
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

Sean Burke.

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

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
George Kirby
96.7
Sean Burke
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
George Kirby
11.3%
Sean Burke
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
George Kirby
21.5%
Sean Burke
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
George Kirby
34.6%
Sean Burke
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
George Kirby
42.5%
Sean Burke
36.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
George Kirby
7.2%
Sean Burke
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
George Kirby
.305
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
George Kirby
3.404.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.85
Sean Burke
3.404.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.72
3.62
WHIPlower is better
George Kirby
1.061.38
now 1.22
1.31
Sean Burke
1.061.38
now 1.13
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
George Kirby
49.4065.60
now 59
55
Sean Burke
49.4065.60
now 60
56
Winshigher is better
George Kirby
.0008
now 5
36
Sean Burke
.0008
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyGeorge Kirby — hold.conf 0.60
BuySean Burke — buy.conf 0.74
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