MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Mitch Farris
Mitch Farris
LAA · 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

Mitch Farris 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
Mitch Farris
91.8
Paul Blackburn
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Mitch Farris
12.4%
Paul Blackburn
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Mitch Farris
23.6%
Paul Blackburn
18.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Mitch Farris
29.7%
Paul Blackburn
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Mitch Farris
47.7%
Paul Blackburn
32.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Mitch Farris
8.5%
Paul Blackburn
6.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Mitch Farris
.354
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
Mitch Farris
2.754.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
Paul Blackburn
2.754.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.57
WHIPlower is better
Mitch Farris
1.141.63
now 1.52
1.25
Paul Blackburn
1.141.63
now 1.44
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Mitch Farris
4028.60
now 22
23
Paul Blackburn
4028.60
now 16
13
Winshigher is better
Mitch Farris
.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 & seeMitch Farris — 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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