MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 15, 2026
JP Sears
SD · P
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Portrait of Kevin Gausman
Kevin Gausman
TOR · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kevin Gausman.

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

Kevin Gausman wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); JP Sears wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
JP Sears
93.0
Kevin Gausman
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
JP Sears
10.2%
Kevin Gausman
13.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
JP Sears
19.8%
Kevin Gausman
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
JP Sears
24.3%
Kevin Gausman
34.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
JP Sears
47.5%
Kevin Gausman
40.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
JP Sears
8.2%
Kevin Gausman
8.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
JP Sears
.354
Kevin Gausman
.305
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
JP Sears
2.744.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.18
4.10
Kevin Gausman
2.744.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.13
3.85
WHIPlower is better
JP Sears
1.011.38
now 1.24
1.30
Kevin Gausman
1.011.38
now 1.09
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
JP Sears
4090.40
now 5
42
Kevin Gausman
4090.40
now 66
60
Winshigher is better
JP Sears
.00016.40
now 1
512
Kevin Gausman
.00016.40
now 4
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJP Sears — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · leans buyKevin Gausman — hold.conf 0.60
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