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

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Mitch Farris wins 2 (K, WHIP); Sean Newcomb wins 2 (ERA, SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Mitch Farris
91.8
Sean Newcomb
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Mitch Farris
12.2%
Sean Newcomb
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Mitch Farris
22.6%
Sean Newcomb
24.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Mitch Farris
28.2%
Sean Newcomb
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Mitch Farris
43.2%
Sean Newcomb
35.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Mitch Farris
8.9%
Sean Newcomb
4.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Mitch Farris
.364
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
Mitch Farris
2.164.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.77
Sean Newcomb
2.164.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Mitch Farris
.9001.70
now 1.52
1.25
Sean Newcomb
.9001.70
now 1.08
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Mitch Farris
4038.60
now 22
33
Sean Newcomb
4038.60
now 31
28
Winshigher is better
Mitch Farris
.000.480
now 0
00
Sean Newcomb
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Mitch Farris
.0003.40
now 0
0
Sean Newcomb
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeMitch Farris — hold.conf 0.50
BuySean Newcomb — buy.conf 0.72
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