MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of AJ Blubaugh
AJ Blubaugh
HOU · P
Change to
Travis Adams
MIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Travis Adams.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. AJ Blubaugh’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
95.8
Travis Adams
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
14.2%
Travis Adams
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
24.4%
Travis Adams
26.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
29.5%
Travis Adams
32.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
38.3%
Travis Adams
30.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
10.4%
Travis Adams
7.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
.312
Travis Adams
.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
2.228.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.42
3.96
Travis Adams
2.228.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.18
3.92
WHIPlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
1.201.65
now 1.31
1.30
Travis Adams
1.201.65
now 1.55
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
4037.60
now 28
4
Travis Adams
4037.60
now 13
5
Winshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0002.80
now 2
00
Travis Adams
.0002.80
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAJ Blubaugh — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · steadyTravis Adams — hold.conf 0.60
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