MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Brandyn Garcia
Brandyn Garcia
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

Too close to call.

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

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

Brandyn Garcia wins 2 (K, WHIP); Paul Blackburn wins 2 (ERA, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
97.3
Paul Blackburn
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
11.9%
Paul Blackburn
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
31.9%
Paul Blackburn
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
29.4%
Paul Blackburn
27.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandyn Garcia
31.3%
Paul Blackburn
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandyn Garcia
3.0%
Paul Blackburn
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandyn Garcia
.208
Paul Blackburn
.291
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
Brandyn Garcia
24.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.75
3.70
Paul Blackburn
24.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.51
WHIPlower is better
Brandyn Garcia
.9001.68
now 0.83
1.24
Paul Blackburn
.9001.68
now 1.44
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandyn Garcia
4021.60
now 11
12
Paul Blackburn
4021.60
now 16
11
Winshigher is better
Brandyn Garcia
.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 · wait & seeBrandyn Garcia — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPaul Blackburn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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