MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 14, 2026
Portrait of Keegan Akin
Keegan Akin
BAL · P
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Portrait of Sean Newcomb
Sean Newcomb
CWS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sean Newcomb.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Sean Newcomb wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Keegan Akin wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Keegan Akin
93.7
Sean Newcomb
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
9.5%
Sean Newcomb
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
14.9%
Sean Newcomb
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
28.0%
Sean Newcomb
27.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Keegan Akin
28.4%
Sean Newcomb
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Keegan Akin
5.7%
Sean Newcomb
4.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Keegan Akin
.298
Sean Newcomb
.298
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
Keegan Akin
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.88
3.70
Sean Newcomb
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.66
WHIPlower is better
Keegan Akin
.9002.13
now 1.83
1.24
Sean Newcomb
.9002.13
now 1.08
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Keegan Akin
4038.60
now 12
24
Sean Newcomb
4038.60
now 31
25
Winshigher is better
Keegan Akin
.000.480
now 0
00
Sean Newcomb
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Keegan Akin
.0002.40
now 0
0
Sean Newcomb
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKeegan Akin — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighSean Newcomb — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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