MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 2, 2026
Portrait of Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn
NYY · P
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Portrait of Peyton Gray
Peyton Gray
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Peyton Gray.

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

Peyton Gray wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Paul Blackburn wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
94.5
Peyton Gray
92.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
9.3%
Peyton Gray
13.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
16.9%
Peyton Gray
26.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
26.1%
Peyton Gray
35.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
34.2%
Peyton Gray
35.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
6.7%
Peyton Gray
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
.303
Peyton Gray
.274
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
Paul Blackburn
3.113.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.70
Peyton Gray
3.113.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.57
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Paul Blackburn
1.161.52
now 1.44
1.25
Peyton Gray
1.161.52
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
4033.60
now 16
21
Peyton Gray
4033.60
now 18
28
Winshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
.0005.20
now 2
14
Peyton Gray
.0005.20
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighPaul Blackburn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seePeyton Gray — hold.conf 0.50
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