MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Lucas Giolito
Lucas Giolito
SD · P
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Portrait of Sean Burke
Sean Burke
CWS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sean Burke.

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

Sean Burke wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Lucas Giolito wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Lucas Giolito
90.8
Sean Burke
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Lucas Giolito
9.8%
Sean Burke
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Lucas Giolito
13.0%
Sean Burke
26.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Lucas Giolito
19.0%
Sean Burke
32.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Lucas Giolito
43.8%
Sean Burke
35.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Lucas Giolito
4.2%
Sean Burke
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Lucas Giolito
.358
Sean Burke
.293
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
Lucas Giolito
35.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.97
4.10
Sean Burke
35.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.72
3.56
WHIPlower is better
Lucas Giolito
.9001.98
now 1.74
1.30
Sean Burke
.9001.98
now 1.13
1.22

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Lucas Giolito
4081.60
now 6
28
Sean Burke
4081.60
now 60
46
Winshigher is better
Lucas Giolito
.00012.20
now 2
49
Sean Burke
.00012.20
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeLucas Giolito — hold.conf 0.50
BuySean Burke — buy.conf 0.76
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