MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 3, 2026
Portrait of AJ Blubaugh
AJ Blubaugh
HOU · P
Change to
Kyle Hart
SD · P
Change to
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); Kyle Hart 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
Kyle Hart
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
13.1%
Kyle Hart
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
22.5%
Kyle Hart
21.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
27.5%
Kyle Hart
25.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
34.0%
Kyle Hart
30.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
7.8%
Kyle Hart
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
.312
Kyle Hart
.310
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
3.255.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.42
3.91
Kyle Hart
3.255.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.82
3.70
WHIPlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
.9001.54
now 1.31
1.39
Kyle Hart
.9001.54
now 1.02
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
4034.80
now 28
26
Kyle Hart
4034.80
now 11
15
Winshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0004.20
now 2
13
Kyle Hart
.0004.20
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 0.92
Hold · wait & seeKyle Hart — hold.conf 0.50
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