MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Griffin Jax
Griffin Jax
TB · P
Change to
Portrait of Sean Newcomb
Sean Newcomb
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Griffin Jax.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Griffin Jax wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); Sean Newcomb wins 2 (ERA, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Griffin Jax
96.2
Sean Newcomb
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Griffin Jax
14.7%
Sean Newcomb
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Griffin Jax
24.6%
Sean Newcomb
23.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Griffin Jax
34.6%
Sean Newcomb
26.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Griffin Jax
39.9%
Sean Newcomb
35.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Griffin Jax
10.3%
Sean Newcomb
5.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Griffin Jax
.343
Sean Newcomb
.306
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
Griffin Jax
25.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.76
4.56
Sean Newcomb
25.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.83
WHIPlower is better
Griffin Jax
.9201.63
now 1.47
1.27
Sean Newcomb
.9201.63
now 1.08
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Griffin Jax
4037.60
now 32
23
Sean Newcomb
4037.60
now 31
19
Winshigher is better
Griffin Jax
.0001.48
now 1
01
Sean Newcomb
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Griffin Jax
.0002.40
now 0
0
Sean Newcomb
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
SellGriffin Jax — sell.conf 0.83
Hold · leans buySean Newcomb — hold.conf 0.60
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