MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 5, 2026
Portrait of Justin Slaten
Justin Slaten
BOS · P
Change to
Portrait of Sean Newcomb
Sean Newcomb
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sean Newcomb.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Sean Newcomb wins 2 categories (K, SV); Justin Slaten wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Justin Slaten
96.6
Sean Newcomb
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Justin Slaten
13.0%
Sean Newcomb
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Justin Slaten
28.7%
Sean Newcomb
24.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Justin Slaten
29.2%
Sean Newcomb
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Justin Slaten
42.1%
Sean Newcomb
35.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Justin Slaten
7.0%
Sean Newcomb
4.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Justin Slaten
.292
Sean Newcomb
.299
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
Justin Slaten
2.194.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
Sean Newcomb
2.194.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Justin Slaten
.9901.39
now 1.30
1.24
Sean Newcomb
.9901.39
now 1.08
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Justin Slaten
4037.80
now 14
27
Sean Newcomb
4037.80
now 31
28
Winshigher is better
Justin Slaten
.000.480
now 0
00
Sean Newcomb
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Justin Slaten
.0003.40
now 0
0
Sean Newcomb
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJustin Slaten — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
BuySean Newcomb — buy.conf 0.72
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