MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Sean Newcomb
Sean Newcomb
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Taylor Clarke
Taylor Clarke
AZ · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sean Newcomb.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Taylor Clarke’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Sean Newcomb wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Taylor Clarke wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Sean Newcomb
94.7
Taylor Clarke
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Sean Newcomb
10.6%
Taylor Clarke
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Sean Newcomb
22.4%
Taylor Clarke
15.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Sean Newcomb
27.3%
Taylor Clarke
31.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Sean Newcomb
37.1%
Taylor Clarke
31.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Sean Newcomb
5.4%
Taylor Clarke
8.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Sean Newcomb
.303
Taylor Clarke
.316
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
24.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.79
Taylor Clarke
24.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.80
4.03
WHIPlower is better
Sean Newcomb
.9001.53
now 1.08
1.29
Taylor Clarke
.9001.53
now 0.68
1.21

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Sean Newcomb
4042.20
now 31
5
Taylor Clarke
4042.20
now 12
3
Winshigher is better
Sean Newcomb
.0002.80
now 0
00
Taylor Clarke
.0002.80
now 2
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighSean Newcomb — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighTaylor Clarke — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Tweet