MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of José Soriano
José Soriano
TOR · P
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Portrait of Sean Burke
Sean Burke
CWS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

José Soriano wins 2 (K, W); Sean Burke wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
José Soriano
97.2
Sean Burke
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
José Soriano
14.5%
Sean Burke
12.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
José Soriano
24.9%
Sean Burke
27.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
José Soriano
31.8%
Sean Burke
32.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
José Soriano
37.5%
Sean Burke
36.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
José Soriano
8.0%
Sean Burke
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
José Soriano
.321
Sean Burke
.289
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
José Soriano
2.114.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.72
4.25
Sean Burke
2.114.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.72
3.45
WHIPlower is better
José Soriano
1.041.45
now 1.21
1.36
Sean Burke
1.041.45
now 1.13
1.20

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
José Soriano
40104.20
now 85
49
Sean Burke
40104.20
now 60
37
Winshigher is better
José Soriano
.0008
now 6
25
Sean Burke
.0008
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellJosé Soriano — hold.conf 0.60
BuySean Burke — buy.conf 0.79
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