MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of AJ Blubaugh
AJ Blubaugh
HOU · P
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Portrait of Sean Manaea
Sean Manaea
NYM · 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 wins.

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

AJ Blubaugh wins 2 categories (ERA, W); Sean Manaea 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
Sean Manaea
90.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
13.8%
Sean Manaea
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
24.2%
Sean Manaea
22.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
29.6%
Sean Manaea
31.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
34.6%
Sean Manaea
40.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
8.0%
Sean Manaea
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
.301
Sean Manaea
.331
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
3.225.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.42
3.75
Sean Manaea
3.225.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.08
4.32
WHIPlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
1.241.53
now 1.31
1.33
Sean Manaea
1.241.53
now 1.46
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
4053.20
now 28
14
Sean Manaea
4053.20
now 42
28
Winshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0002.80
now 2
12
Sean Manaea
.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
SellSean Manaea — sell.conf 0.72
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