MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of José Suarez
José Suarez
ATH · P
Change to
Portrait of Sean Newcomb
Sean Newcomb
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

José Suarez.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Sean Newcomb’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

José Suarez wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Sean Newcomb wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
José Suarez
92.8
Sean Newcomb
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
José Suarez
13.9%
Sean Newcomb
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
José Suarez
25.0%
Sean Newcomb
24.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
José Suarez
31.7%
Sean Newcomb
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
José Suarez
31.5%
Sean Newcomb
36.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
José Suarez
2.0%
Sean Newcomb
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
José Suarez
.295
Sean Newcomb
.304
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 Suarez
26.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.46
3.62
Sean Newcomb
26.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.80
WHIPlower is better
José Suarez
.9002.21
now 1.89
1.34
Sean Newcomb
.9002.21
now 1.08
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
José Suarez
4038.60
now 33
26
Sean Newcomb
4038.60
now 31
21
Winshigher is better
José Suarez
.000.480
now 0
00
Sean Newcomb
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
José Suarez
.0003.40
now 1
02
Sean Newcomb
.0003.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJosé Suarez — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.84
Hold · leans buySean Newcomb — hold.conf 0.60
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