MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 3, 2026
Portrait of John King
John King
MIA · P
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Portrait of Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

John King.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
John King
90.5
Paul Blackburn
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
John King
11.0%
Paul Blackburn
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
John King
21.2%
Paul Blackburn
16.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
John King
34.3%
Paul Blackburn
25.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
John King
35.4%
Paul Blackburn
33.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
John King
8.3%
Paul Blackburn
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
John King
.273
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
John King
2.054.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.52
3.67
Paul Blackburn
2.054.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.70
WHIPlower is better
John King
.9001.73
now 0.72
1.24
Paul Blackburn
.9001.73
now 1.44
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
John King
4025.60
now 20
18
Paul Blackburn
4025.60
now 16
20
Winshigher is better
John King
.0005.20
now 1
12
Paul Blackburn
.0005.20
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
John King
.0003.40
now 1
02
Paul Blackburn
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJohn King — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighPaul Blackburn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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