MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 15, 2026
Portrait of Sam Hentges
Sam Hentges
SF · 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, ERA, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Sean Newcomb wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Sam Hentges wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Sam Hentges
93.8
Sean Newcomb
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Sam Hentges
12.7%
Sean Newcomb
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Sam Hentges
25.6%
Sean Newcomb
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Sam Hentges
29.4%
Sean Newcomb
27.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Sam Hentges
29.5%
Sean Newcomb
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Sam Hentges
4.5%
Sean Newcomb
4.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Sam Hentges
.317
Sean Newcomb
.298
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
Sam Hentges
24.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.17
3.70
Sean Newcomb
24.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.66
WHIPlower is better
Sam Hentges
.9001.77
now 1.57
1.24
Sean Newcomb
.9001.77
now 1.08
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Sam Hentges
4039.80
now 9
22
Sean Newcomb
4039.80
now 31
24
Winshigher is better
Sam Hentges
.000.480
now 0
00
Sean Newcomb
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Sam Hentges
.0002.40
now 0
0
Sean Newcomb
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeSam Hentges — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighSean Newcomb — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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