MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 22, 2026
Portrait of AJ Blubaugh
AJ Blubaugh
HOU · P
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Portrait of Justin Bruihl
Justin Bruihl
STL · P
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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); Justin Bruihl 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
95.6
Justin Bruihl
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
13.1%
Justin Bruihl
8.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
21.9%
Justin Bruihl
15.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
27.2%
Justin Bruihl
28.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
34.9%
Justin Bruihl
41.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
7.8%
Justin Bruihl
4.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
.315
Justin Bruihl
.334
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
3.424.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.42
3.95
Justin Bruihl
3.424.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.61
3.76
WHIPlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
1.181.54
now 1.31
1.43
Justin Bruihl
1.181.54
now 1.46
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
4035.60
now 28
30
Justin Bruihl
4035.60
now 18
22
Winshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0004.20
now 2
13
Justin Bruihl
.0004.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAJ Blubaugh — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeJustin Bruihl — hold.conf 0.50
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