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

AJ Blubaugh.

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

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
95.7
JT Brubaker
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
13.8%
JT Brubaker
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
24.2%
JT Brubaker
16.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
29.6%
JT Brubaker
30.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
34.6%
JT Brubaker
35.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
8.0%
JT Brubaker
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
.301
JT Brubaker
.331
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
2.015.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.42
3.75
JT Brubaker
2.015.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
4.32
WHIPlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
1.231.47
now 1.31
1.33
JT Brubaker
1.231.47
now 1.30
1.40

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
4033.60
now 28
14
JT Brubaker
4033.60
now 22
16
Winshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0002.80
now 2
12
JT Brubaker
.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
Sell HighJT Brubaker — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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