MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of AJ Blubaugh
AJ Blubaugh
HOU · P
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Portrait of Mitch Farris
Mitch Farris
LAA · P
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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); Mitch Farris 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
Mitch Farris
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
13.8%
Mitch Farris
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
24.2%
Mitch Farris
23.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
29.6%
Mitch Farris
29.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
34.6%
Mitch Farris
49.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
8.0%
Mitch Farris
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
.301
Mitch Farris
.354
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
2.335.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.42
3.75
Mitch Farris
2.335.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
4.82
WHIPlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
1.231.60
now 1.31
1.33
Mitch Farris
1.231.60
now 1.52
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
4033.60
now 28
14
Mitch Farris
4033.60
now 22
19
Winshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0002.80
now 2
12
Mitch Farris
.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
SellMitch Farris — sell.conf 0.90
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