MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of AJ Blubaugh
AJ Blubaugh
HOU · P
Change to
Chris Roycroft
TB · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

AJ Blubaugh wins 2 (K, W); Chris Roycroft wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
95.7
Chris Roycroft
94.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
13.8%
Chris Roycroft
8.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
24.2%
Chris Roycroft
16.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
29.6%
Chris Roycroft
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
34.6%
Chris Roycroft
44.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
8.0%
Chris Roycroft
12.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
.301
Chris Roycroft
.386
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
AJ Blubaugh
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.42
3.75
Chris Roycroft
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.27
3.70
WHIPlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
.9002.55
now 1.31
1.33
Chris Roycroft
.9002.55
now 3.55
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
4038
now 28
14
Chris Roycroft
4038
now 3
10
Winshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0002.80
now 2
12
Chris Roycroft
.0002.80
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAJ Blubaugh — buy.conf 0.70
Hold · wait & seeChris Roycroft — hold.conf 0.55
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