MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Keegan Akin
Keegan Akin
BAL · 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

Keegan Akin 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
Keegan Akin
93.7
Paul Blackburn
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
9.5%
Paul Blackburn
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
14.9%
Paul Blackburn
18.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
28.0%
Paul Blackburn
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Keegan Akin
28.4%
Paul Blackburn
32.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Keegan Akin
5.7%
Paul Blackburn
6.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Keegan Akin
.298
Paul Blackburn
.293
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
Keegan Akin
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.88
3.70
Paul Blackburn
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.57
WHIPlower is better
Keegan Akin
12.07
now 1.83
1.24
Paul Blackburn
12.07
now 1.44
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Keegan Akin
4024.60
now 12
19
Paul Blackburn
4024.60
now 16
13
Winshigher is better
Keegan Akin
.0004.20
now 0
00
Paul Blackburn
.0004.20
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKeegan Akin — 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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