MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 29, 2026
Portrait of John King
John King
MIA · P
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Portrait of Sean Newcomb
Sean Newcomb
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

John King.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

John King wins 2 categories (ERA, W); Sean Newcomb wins 1 (K); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
John King
90.5
Sean Newcomb
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
John King
10.7%
Sean Newcomb
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
John King
20.9%
Sean Newcomb
24.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
John King
33.7%
Sean Newcomb
28.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
John King
36.2%
Sean Newcomb
34.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
John King
8.5%
Sean Newcomb
4.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
John King
.277
Sean Newcomb
.297
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
John King
2.054.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.52
3.67
Sean Newcomb
2.054.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.69
WHIPlower is better
John King
.9001.45
now 0.72
1.24
Sean Newcomb
.9001.45
now 1.08
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
John King
4036.60
now 20
19
Sean Newcomb
4036.60
now 31
30
Winshigher is better
John King
.0002.80
now 1
12
Sean Newcomb
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
John King
.0003.40
now 1
02
Sean Newcomb
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJohn King — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighSean Newcomb — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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