MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Riley Cornelio
WSH · P
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Portrait of Sean Manaea
Sean Manaea
NYM · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Riley Cornelio.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Riley Cornelio wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Sean Manaea wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Riley Cornelio
96.3
Sean Manaea
90.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Riley Cornelio
17.1%
Sean Manaea
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Riley Cornelio
21.8%
Sean Manaea
22.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Riley Cornelio
32.3%
Sean Manaea
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Riley Cornelio
43.5%
Sean Manaea
40.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Riley Cornelio
8.7%
Sean Manaea
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Riley Cornelio
.316
Sean Manaea
.321
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
Riley Cornelio
2.487.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.70
Sean Manaea
2.487.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.08
4.12
WHIPlower is better
Riley Cornelio
.9002.55
now 2.75
1.24
Sean Manaea
.9002.55
now 1.46
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Riley Cornelio
4058
now 2
11
Sean Manaea
4058
now 42
35
Winshigher is better
Riley Cornelio
.000.480
now 0
00
Sean Manaea
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowRiley Cornelio — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · leans sellSean Manaea — hold.conf 0.60
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