MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 3, 2026
Portrait of Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn
NYY · 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, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Sean Newcomb wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Paul Blackburn wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
94.6
Sean Newcomb
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
9.5%
Sean Newcomb
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
16.9%
Sean Newcomb
24.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
25.9%
Sean Newcomb
28.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
33.1%
Sean Newcomb
34.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
6.5%
Sean Newcomb
4.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
.297
Sean Newcomb
.297
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
Paul Blackburn
2.194.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.70
Sean Newcomb
2.194.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Paul Blackburn
.9401.58
now 1.44
1.25
Sean Newcomb
.9401.58
now 1.08
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
4037
now 16
20
Sean Newcomb
4037
now 31
28
Winshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
.0005.60
now 2
14
Sean Newcomb
.0005.60
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
.0003.40
now 0
0
Sean Newcomb
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighPaul Blackburn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighSean Newcomb — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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