MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of AJ Blubaugh
AJ Blubaugh
HOU · P
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Portrait of Jaden Hill
Jaden Hill
COL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jaden Hill.

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

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

Jaden Hill wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); AJ Blubaugh wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
95.6
Jaden Hill
97.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
13.0%
Jaden Hill
14.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
20.7%
Jaden Hill
22.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
27.3%
Jaden Hill
28.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
34.9%
Jaden Hill
39.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
7.8%
Jaden Hill
4.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
.320
Jaden Hill
.314
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
3.034.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.42
3.77
Jaden Hill
3.034.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.43
3.70
WHIPlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
1.161.51
now 1.31
1.29
Jaden Hill
1.161.51
now 1.43
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
4039.60
now 28
33
Jaden Hill
4039.60
now 23
34
Winshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0004.20
now 2
13
Jaden Hill
.0004.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAJ Blubaugh — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJaden Hill — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.88
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