MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Ian Seymour
Ian Seymour
TB · P
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Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ian Seymour.

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

Ian Seymour wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Trent Thornton wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ian Seymour
91.4
Trent Thornton
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ian Seymour
14.9%
Trent Thornton
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ian Seymour
28.8%
Trent Thornton
16.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ian Seymour
35.1%
Trent Thornton
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ian Seymour
36.2%
Trent Thornton
44.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ian Seymour
10.0%
Trent Thornton
10.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ian Seymour
.295
Trent Thornton
.339
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
Ian Seymour
25.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.66
3.63
Trent Thornton
25.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Ian Seymour
.9001.44
now 1.28
1.15
Trent Thornton
.9001.44
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ian Seymour
4044
now 32
5
Trent Thornton
4044
now 6
2
Winshigher is better
Ian Seymour
.0004.20
now 3
01
Trent Thornton
.0004.20
now 2
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyIan Seymour — buy.conf 0.74
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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