MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 4, 2026
Portrait of Graham Ashcraft
Graham Ashcraft
CIN · P
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Portrait of Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Graham Ashcraft.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Graham Ashcraft wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Paul Blackburn wins 2 (WHIP, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
98.0
Paul Blackburn
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
14.7%
Paul Blackburn
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
29.4%
Paul Blackburn
16.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Graham Ashcraft
33.3%
Paul Blackburn
25.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
36.1%
Paul Blackburn
33.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
6.6%
Paul Blackburn
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Graham Ashcraft
.287
Paul Blackburn
.297
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
Graham Ashcraft
3.113.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.68
Paul Blackburn
3.113.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Graham Ashcraft
1.131.53
now 1.22
1.26
Paul Blackburn
1.131.53
now 1.44
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
4038.40
now 32
25
Paul Blackburn
4038.40
now 16
20
Winshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
.0005.20
now 1
12
Paul Blackburn
.0005.20
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Graham Ashcraft
.0003.40
now 1
02
Paul Blackburn
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGraham Ashcraft — 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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