MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Ian Seymour
Ian Seymour
TB · P
Change to
Jesse Scholtens
TB · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ian Seymour.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and saves. Jesse Scholtens’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ian Seymour wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Jesse Scholtens wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ian Seymour
91.7
Jesse Scholtens
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ian Seymour
14.7%
Jesse Scholtens
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ian Seymour
28.7%
Jesse Scholtens
18.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ian Seymour
33.9%
Jesse Scholtens
29.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ian Seymour
36.1%
Jesse Scholtens
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ian Seymour
8.4%
Jesse Scholtens
10.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ian Seymour
.280
Jesse Scholtens
.346
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
Ian Seymour
2.645.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.66
3.22
Jesse Scholtens
2.645.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.82
3.93
WHIPlower is better
Ian Seymour
1.141.35
now 1.28
1.21
Jesse Scholtens
1.141.35
now 1.27
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ian Seymour
4044.60
now 32
28
Jesse Scholtens
4044.60
now 30
39
Winshigher is better
Ian Seymour
.00013.20
now 3
24
Jesse Scholtens
.00013.20
now 5
410
Saveshigher is better
Ian Seymour
.0004.40
now 2
13
Jesse Scholtens
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyIan Seymour — buy.conf 0.86
Sell HighJesse Scholtens — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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