MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Sean Burke
Sean Burke
CWS · P
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Portrait of Troy Melton
Troy Melton
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Troy Melton.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and wins.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Sean Burke
94.8
Troy Melton
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Sean Burke
11.9%
Troy Melton
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Sean Burke
26.2%
Troy Melton
23.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Sean Burke
32.6%
Troy Melton
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Sean Burke
35.4%
Troy Melton
35.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Sean Burke
7.4%
Troy Melton
5.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Sean Burke
.293
Troy Melton
.271
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
24.64
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.72
3.56
Troy Melton
24.64
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.42
3.02
WHIPlower is better
Sean Burke
.9001.33
now 1.13
1.22
Troy Melton
.9001.33
now 0.95
1.20

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Sean Burke
4082.40
now 60
49
Troy Melton
4082.40
now 4
13
Winshigher is better
Sean Burke
.0006.60
now 2
12
Troy Melton
.0006.60
now 1
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuySean Burke — buy.conf 0.76
Sell HighTroy Melton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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