MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Sean Manaea
Sean Manaea
NYM · P
Change to
Portrait of Tanner Gordon
Tanner Gordon
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Sean Manaea wins 1 (ERA); Tanner Gordon wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Sean Manaea
90.7
Tanner Gordon
92.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Sean Manaea
10.5%
Tanner Gordon
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Sean Manaea
22.3%
Tanner Gordon
20.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Sean Manaea
32.5%
Tanner Gordon
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Sean Manaea
40.2%
Tanner Gordon
43.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Sean Manaea
8.6%
Tanner Gordon
11.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Sean Manaea
.324
Tanner Gordon
.334
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
Sean Manaea
3.307.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.08
4.18
Tanner Gordon
3.307.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.37
4.39
WHIPlower is better
Sean Manaea
1.171.67
now 1.46
1.30
Tanner Gordon
1.171.67
now 1.56
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Sean Manaea
4047.60
now 42
34
Tanner Gordon
4047.60
now 35
34
Winshigher is better
Sean Manaea
.000.480
now 0
00
Tanner Gordon
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellSean Manaea — sell.conf 0.65
Hold · leans sellTanner Gordon — hold.conf 0.60
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