MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Paul Sewald
Paul Sewald
TOR · P
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Portrait of Pete Fairbanks
Pete Fairbanks
MIA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Pete Fairbanks.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Pete Fairbanks wins 2 categories (K, W); Paul Sewald wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Paul Sewald
91.4
Pete Fairbanks
97.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Paul Sewald
13.8%
Pete Fairbanks
14.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Paul Sewald
25.4%
Pete Fairbanks
32.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Paul Sewald
32.3%
Pete Fairbanks
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Paul Sewald
40.9%
Pete Fairbanks
42.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Paul Sewald
14.4%
Pete Fairbanks
12.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Paul Sewald
.319
Pete Fairbanks
.318
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
Paul Sewald
2.278.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.63
3.71
Pete Fairbanks
2.278.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.04
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Paul Sewald
.9001.53
now 0.72
1.24
Pete Fairbanks
.9001.53
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Paul Sewald
4031.60
now 24
5
Pete Fairbanks
4031.60
now 22
6
Winshigher is better
Paul Sewald
.0002.80
now 1
00
Pete Fairbanks
.0002.80
now 2
01
Saveshigher is better
Paul Sewald
.00020.60
now 15
24
Pete Fairbanks
.00020.60
now 6
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seePaul Sewald — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seePete Fairbanks — hold.conf 0.50
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