MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Pfaadt
Brandon Pfaadt
AZ · P
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Portrait of Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Paul Blackburn.

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

Paul Blackburn wins 2 categories (ERA, W); Brandon Pfaadt 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
Brandon Pfaadt
93.2
Paul Blackburn
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
9.8%
Paul Blackburn
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
15.6%
Paul Blackburn
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Pfaadt
30.8%
Paul Blackburn
27.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
36.5%
Paul Blackburn
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
8.2%
Paul Blackburn
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Pfaadt
.303
Paul Blackburn
.291
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
Brandon Pfaadt
2.436.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.78
Paul Blackburn
2.436.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.51
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Pfaadt
1.251.51
now 1.41
1.32
Paul Blackburn
1.251.51
now 1.44
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
4037.60
now 30
25
Paul Blackburn
4037.60
now 16
11
Winshigher is better
Brandon Pfaadt
.0002.80
now 0
00
Paul Blackburn
.0002.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyBrandon Pfaadt — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighPaul Blackburn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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