MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Sean Newcomb
Sean Newcomb
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Tim Herrin
Tim Herrin
CLE · 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 (K, SV); Tim Herrin wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Sean Newcomb
94.6
Tim Herrin
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Sean Newcomb
11.0%
Tim Herrin
14.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Sean Newcomb
23.9%
Tim Herrin
19.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Sean Newcomb
27.4%
Tim Herrin
28.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Sean Newcomb
35.9%
Tim Herrin
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Sean Newcomb
5.5%
Tim Herrin
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Sean Newcomb
.303
Tim Herrin
.318
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
2.164.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.78
Tim Herrin
2.164.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.32
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Sean Newcomb
.9001.85
now 1.08
1.29
Tim Herrin
.9001.85
now 1.63
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Sean Newcomb
4037
now 31
22
Tim Herrin
4037
now 16
18
Winshigher is better
Sean Newcomb
.000.480
now 0
00
Tim Herrin
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Sean Newcomb
.0002.40
now 1
01
Tim Herrin
.0002.40
now 0
0
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 HighTim Herrin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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