MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 5, 2026
Javier Assad
CHC · P
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Portrait of Sean Newcomb
Sean Newcomb
CWS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sean Newcomb.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Sean Newcomb wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Javier Assad wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Javier Assad
93.2
Sean Newcomb
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Javier Assad
6.0%
Sean Newcomb
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Javier Assad
15.0%
Sean Newcomb
24.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Javier Assad
21.9%
Sean Newcomb
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Javier Assad
50.0%
Sean Newcomb
35.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Javier Assad
8.0%
Sean Newcomb
4.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Javier Assad
.339
Sean Newcomb
.299
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
Javier Assad
27.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.45
Sean Newcomb
27.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Javier Assad
.9901.39
now 1.27
1.30
Sean Newcomb
.9901.39
now 1.08
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Javier Assad
4037.80
now 14
26
Sean Newcomb
4037.80
now 31
28
Winshigher is better
Javier Assad
.00011.20
now 3
38
Sean Newcomb
.00011.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Javier Assad
.0003.40
now 0
0
Sean Newcomb
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJavier Assad — sell.conf 0.78
BuySean Newcomb — buy.conf 0.72
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