MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of AJ Blubaugh
AJ Blubaugh
HOU · P
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Portrait of Sean Newcomb
Sean Newcomb
CWS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sean Newcomb.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Sean Newcomb wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); AJ Blubaugh wins 2 (ERA, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
95.6
Sean Newcomb
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
13.8%
Sean Newcomb
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
24.1%
Sean Newcomb
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
29.0%
Sean Newcomb
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
35.0%
Sean Newcomb
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
8.2%
Sean Newcomb
5.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
.308
Sean Newcomb
.310
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
25.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.42
3.87
Sean Newcomb
25.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.91
WHIPlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
.9701.46
now 1.31
1.35
Sean Newcomb
.9701.46
now 1.08
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
4037
now 28
16
Sean Newcomb
4037
now 31
18
Winshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0002.80
now 2
12
Sean Newcomb
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0002.40
now 0
0
Sean Newcomb
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAJ Blubaugh — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadySean Newcomb — hold.conf 0.60
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