MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Sean Burke
Sean Burke
CWS · P
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Portrait of Stephen Kolek
Stephen Kolek
KC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sean Burke.

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

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

Sean Burke wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Stephen Kolek wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Sean Burke
94.9
Stephen Kolek
94.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Sean Burke
12.5%
Stephen Kolek
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Sean Burke
27.4%
Stephen Kolek
15.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Sean Burke
32.3%
Stephen Kolek
26.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Sean Burke
36.6%
Stephen Kolek
36.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Sean Burke
7.8%
Stephen Kolek
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Sean Burke
.294
Stephen Kolek
.303
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
Sean Burke
3.264.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.72
3.58
Stephen Kolek
3.264.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.48
3.82
WHIPlower is better
Sean Burke
.9001.47
now 1.13
1.21
Stephen Kolek
.9001.47
now 0.94
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Sean Burke
4076.40
now 60
35
Stephen Kolek
4076.40
now 19
24
Winshigher is better
Sean Burke
.0006.60
now 2
12
Stephen Kolek
.0006.60
now 3
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuySean Burke — buy.conf 0.76
Hold · leans buyStephen Kolek — hold.conf 0.60
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