MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Webb
Jacob Webb
CHC · P
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Portrait of Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob Webb.

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

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

Jacob Webb wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Paul Blackburn wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jacob Webb
94.2
Paul Blackburn
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob Webb
16.9%
Paul Blackburn
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob Webb
25.7%
Paul Blackburn
21.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob Webb
33.5%
Paul Blackburn
28.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob Webb
42.1%
Paul Blackburn
35.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob Webb
7.0%
Paul Blackburn
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob Webb
.319
Paul Blackburn
.294
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
Jacob Webb
24.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.55
4.09
Paul Blackburn
24.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.60
WHIPlower is better
Jacob Webb
1.201.51
now 1.34
1.27
Paul Blackburn
1.201.51
now 1.44
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob Webb
4042.20
now 31
5
Paul Blackburn
4042.20
now 16
3
Winshigher is better
Jacob Webb
.0002.80
now 1
00
Paul Blackburn
.0002.80
now 2
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellJacob Webb — 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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