MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Juan Mejia
Juan Mejia
COL · P
Change to
Portrait of Sean Newcomb
Sean Newcomb
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Juan Mejia.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Juan Mejia wins 3 categories (K, W, SV); Sean Newcomb wins 2 (ERA, WHIP).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Juan Mejia
97.4
Sean Newcomb
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Juan Mejia
12.8%
Sean Newcomb
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Juan Mejia
22.5%
Sean Newcomb
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Juan Mejia
31.5%
Sean Newcomb
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Juan Mejia
39.4%
Sean Newcomb
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Juan Mejia
3.6%
Sean Newcomb
5.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Juan Mejia
.323
Sean Newcomb
.310
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
Juan Mejia
27.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
4.16
Sean Newcomb
27.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.91
WHIPlower is better
Juan Mejia
.9001.95
now 1.70
1.44
Sean Newcomb
.9001.95
now 1.08
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Juan Mejia
4036.60
now 30
21
Sean Newcomb
4036.60
now 31
18
Winshigher is better
Juan Mejia
.0001.48
now 1
01
Sean Newcomb
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Juan Mejia
.0004.40
now 3
13
Sean Newcomb
.0004.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellJuan Mejia — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadySean Newcomb — hold.conf 0.60
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