MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Sean Newcomb
Sean Newcomb
CWS · 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 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Sean Newcomb wins 2 (ERA, SV); Tanner Gordon wins 2 (K, WHIP); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Sean Newcomb
94.6
Tanner Gordon
92.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Sean Newcomb
10.9%
Tanner Gordon
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Sean Newcomb
23.7%
Tanner Gordon
20.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Sean Newcomb
26.9%
Tanner Gordon
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Sean Newcomb
35.3%
Tanner Gordon
43.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Sean Newcomb
5.3%
Tanner Gordon
11.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Sean Newcomb
.306
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 Newcomb
27.87
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.83
Tanner Gordon
27.87
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.37
4.37
WHIPlower is better
Sean Newcomb
.9001.75
now 1.08
1.31
Tanner Gordon
.9001.75
now 1.56
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Sean Newcomb
4041.40
now 31
19
Tanner Gordon
4041.40
now 35
34
Winshigher is better
Sean Newcomb
.000.480
now 0
00
Tanner Gordon
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Sean Newcomb
.0002.40
now 1
01
Tanner Gordon
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buySean Newcomb — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellTanner Gordon — hold.conf 0.60
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