MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of George Soriano
George Soriano
STL · P
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Portrait of Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

George Soriano.

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

George Soriano wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Paul Blackburn wins 1 (ERA); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
George Soriano
96.6
Paul Blackburn
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
14.5%
Paul Blackburn
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
23.0%
Paul Blackburn
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
George Soriano
33.7%
Paul Blackburn
27.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
41.9%
Paul Blackburn
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
8.8%
Paul Blackburn
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
George Soriano
.311
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
George Soriano
2.694.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.92
Paul Blackburn
2.694.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.51
WHIPlower is better
George Soriano
1.021.56
now 1.14
1.31
Paul Blackburn
1.021.56
now 1.44
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
George Soriano
4025.60
now 20
13
Paul Blackburn
4025.60
now 16
11
Winshigher is better
George Soriano
.5202.48
now 2
12
Paul Blackburn
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
George Soriano
.0003.40
now 2
12
Paul Blackburn
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighGeorge Soriano — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.87
Sell HighPaul Blackburn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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