MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of AJ Blubaugh
AJ Blubaugh
HOU · P
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Ryan Johnson
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 — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and wins.

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

AJ Blubaugh wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Ryan Johnson wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
95.7
Ryan Johnson
92.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
13.8%
Ryan Johnson
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
24.2%
Ryan Johnson
17.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
29.6%
Ryan Johnson
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
34.6%
Ryan Johnson
36.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
8.0%
Ryan Johnson
9.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
.301
Ryan Johnson
.351
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.42
3.75
Ryan Johnson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.83
4.75
WHIPlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
.9002.55
now 1.31
1.33
Ryan Johnson
.9002.55
now 2.33
1.40

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
4036.40
now 28
14
Ryan Johnson
4036.40
now 7
11
Winshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0002.80
now 2
12
Ryan Johnson
.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
SellRyan Johnson — sell.conf 0.90
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