MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 29, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Hurt
Kyle Hurt
LAD · P
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Portrait of Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kyle Hurt.

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

Kyle Hurt wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Paul Blackburn wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kyle Hurt
96.4
Paul Blackburn
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kyle Hurt
19.1%
Paul Blackburn
9.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kyle Hurt
29.5%
Paul Blackburn
16.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kyle Hurt
31.6%
Paul Blackburn
26.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kyle Hurt
36.9%
Paul Blackburn
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kyle Hurt
4.6%
Paul Blackburn
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kyle Hurt
.279
Paul Blackburn
.307
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
Kyle Hurt
24.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.00
3.70
Paul Blackburn
24.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Kyle Hurt
.9001.70
now 0.78
1.24
Paul Blackburn
.9001.70
now 1.44
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kyle Hurt
4035.60
now 21
30
Paul Blackburn
4035.60
now 16
22
Winshigher is better
Kyle Hurt
.0005.20
now 1
12
Paul Blackburn
.0005.20
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Kyle Hurt
.0004.40
now 1
13
Paul Blackburn
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKyle Hurt — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seePaul Blackburn — hold.conf 0.50
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