MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of AJ Blubaugh
AJ Blubaugh
HOU · P
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Portrait of Calvin Faucher
Calvin Faucher
MIA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Calvin Faucher.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, wins, and saves. AJ Blubaugh’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Calvin Faucher wins 3 categories (K, W, SV); AJ Blubaugh wins 2 (ERA, WHIP).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
95.6
Calvin Faucher
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
13.8%
Calvin Faucher
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
24.1%
Calvin Faucher
22.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
29.0%
Calvin Faucher
26.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
35.0%
Calvin Faucher
41.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
8.2%
Calvin Faucher
4.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
.308
Calvin Faucher
.325
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
AJ Blubaugh
3.634.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.42
3.88
Calvin Faucher
3.634.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
4.21
WHIPlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
1.141.90
now 1.31
1.35
Calvin Faucher
1.141.90
now 1.73
1.51

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
4033.60
now 28
16
Calvin Faucher
4033.60
now 24
19
Winshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0006.60
now 2
12
Calvin Faucher
.0006.60
now 4
25
Saveshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0002.40
now 0
0
Calvin Faucher
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAJ Blubaugh — hold.conf 0.60
SellCalvin Faucher — sell.conf 0.66
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