MLB Daily DeltaWeek 31 · October 26, 2026
Portrait of AJ Blubaugh
AJ Blubaugh
HOU · P
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Portrait of Jhoan Duran
Jhoan Duran
PHI · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jhoan Duran.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP.

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

Jhoan Duran wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); AJ Blubaugh wins 0 (none); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
95.8
Jhoan Duran
100.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
13.7%
Jhoan Duran
18.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
23.4%
Jhoan Duran
35.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
28.8%
Jhoan Duran
34.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
37.0%
Jhoan Duran
39.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
10.3%
Jhoan Duran
3.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
.317
Jhoan Duran
.222
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
25.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.42
4.07
Jhoan Duran
25.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.53
2.06
WHIPlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
.9001.46
now 1.31
1.32
Jhoan Duran
.9001.46
now 0.96
0.99

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
4039.20
now 28
0
Jhoan Duran
4039.20
now 26
0
Winshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0002.80
now 2
0–0
Jhoan Duran
.0002.80
now 1
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAJ Blubaugh — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.89
BuyJhoan Duran — buy.conf 0.92
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