MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of AJ Blubaugh
AJ Blubaugh
HOU · P
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Portrait of Sam Moll
Sam Moll
CIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

AJ Blubaugh wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Sam Moll wins 2 (K, SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
95.7
Sam Moll
92.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
13.8%
Sam Moll
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
24.2%
Sam Moll
23.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
29.6%
Sam Moll
25.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
34.6%
Sam Moll
32.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
8.0%
Sam Moll
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
.301
Sam Moll
.325
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
25.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.42
3.75
Sam Moll
25.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.49
4.19
WHIPlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
.9301.56
now 1.31
1.33
Sam Moll
.9301.56
now 1.07
1.42

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
4033.60
now 28
14
Sam Moll
4033.60
now 26
16
Winshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0002.80
now 2
12
Sam Moll
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0002.40
now 0
0
Sam Moll
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAJ Blubaugh — buy.conf 0.70
SellSam Moll — sell.conf 0.66
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