MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 23, 2026
Portrait of Kai-Wei Teng
Kai-Wei Teng
HOU · P
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Portrait of Sean Manaea
Sean Manaea
NYM · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sean Manaea.

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

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

Sean Manaea wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Kai-Wei Teng wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kai-Wei Teng
93.6
Sean Manaea
90.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kai-Wei Teng
11.5%
Sean Manaea
11.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kai-Wei Teng
24.0%
Sean Manaea
23.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kai-Wei Teng
29.0%
Sean Manaea
32.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kai-Wei Teng
39.9%
Sean Manaea
39.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kai-Wei Teng
7.4%
Sean Manaea
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kai-Wei Teng
.320
Sean Manaea
.314
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
Kai-Wei Teng
26.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.57
4.05
Sean Manaea
26.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.08
3.93
WHIPlower is better
Kai-Wei Teng
.9601.60
now 1.10
1.34
Sean Manaea
.9601.60
now 1.46
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kai-Wei Teng
4059.60
now 43
47
Sean Manaea
4059.60
now 42
54
Winshigher is better
Kai-Wei Teng
.0007
now 3
25
Sean Manaea
.0007
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyKai-Wei Teng — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowSean Manaea — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.77
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