MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of AJ Blubaugh
AJ Blubaugh
HOU · P
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Portrait of Ron Marinaccio
Ron Marinaccio
PIT · 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 and WHIP.

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

AJ Blubaugh wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Ron Marinaccio wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
95.7
Ron Marinaccio
93.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
13.7%
Ron Marinaccio
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
24.7%
Ron Marinaccio
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
29.2%
Ron Marinaccio
26.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
36.1%
Ron Marinaccio
39.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
8.3%
Ron Marinaccio
7.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
.313
Ron Marinaccio
.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
3.754.64
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.42
3.97
Ron Marinaccio
3.754.64
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.06
4.38
WHIPlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
1.191.44
now 1.31
1.36
Ron Marinaccio
1.191.44
now 1.26
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
4033.60
now 28
18
Ron Marinaccio
4033.60
now 25
23
Winshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0002.80
now 2
12
Ron Marinaccio
.0002.80
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAJ Blubaugh — hold.conf 0.60
SellRon Marinaccio — sell.conf 0.74
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