MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of AJ Blubaugh
AJ Blubaugh
HOU · P
Change to
Portrait of José A. Ferrer
José A. Ferrer
SEA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

AJ Blubaugh wins 1 (WHIP); José A. Ferrer wins 1 (ERA); 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
José A. Ferrer
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
14.2%
José A. Ferrer
9.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
24.4%
José A. Ferrer
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
29.5%
José A. Ferrer
29.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
38.3%
José A. Ferrer
36.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
10.4%
José A. Ferrer
5.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
.312
José A. Ferrer
.299
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
25.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.42
3.96
José A. Ferrer
25.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.69
3.73
WHIPlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
1.131.41
now 1.31
1.30
José A. Ferrer
1.131.41
now 1.20
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
4037.60
now 28
4
José A. Ferrer
4037.60
now 23
4
Winshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0002.80
now 2
00
José A. Ferrer
.0002.80
now 0
00

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 0.95
BuyJosé A. Ferrer — buy.conf 0.71
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