MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Ryne Stanek
Ryne Stanek
STL · P
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Portrait of Sean Manaea
Sean Manaea
NYM · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryne Stanek.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ryne Stanek wins 3 categories (ERA, W, SV); Sean Manaea wins 2 (K, WHIP).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ryne Stanek
98.0
Sean Manaea
90.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ryne Stanek
14.1%
Sean Manaea
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ryne Stanek
24.4%
Sean Manaea
22.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ryne Stanek
29.0%
Sean Manaea
31.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ryne Stanek
36.6%
Sean Manaea
40.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ryne Stanek
8.1%
Sean Manaea
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ryne Stanek
.325
Sean Manaea
.331
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
Ryne Stanek
3.646.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.56
4.19
Sean Manaea
3.646.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.08
4.31
WHIPlower is better
Ryne Stanek
1.161.93
now 1.76
1.43
Sean Manaea
1.161.93
now 1.46
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ryne Stanek
4051.20
now 30
19
Sean Manaea
4051.20
now 42
27
Winshigher is better
Ryne Stanek
.0001.48
now 1
01
Sean Manaea
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Ryne Stanek
.0002.40
now 1
01
Sean Manaea
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellRyne Stanek — sell.conf 0.66
SellSean Manaea — sell.conf 0.71
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