MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn
NYY · P
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Portrait of Tejay Antone
Tejay Antone
CIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tejay Antone.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, and saves. Paul Blackburn’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
94.7
Tejay Antone
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
10.4%
Tejay Antone
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
20.3%
Tejay Antone
21.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
27.1%
Tejay Antone
35.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
32.9%
Tejay Antone
33.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
6.7%
Tejay Antone
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
.288
Tejay Antone
.282
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
2.595.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.43
Tejay Antone
2.595.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.19
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Paul Blackburn
1.031.56
now 1.44
1.30
Tejay Antone
1.031.56
now 1.15
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
4021.60
now 16
11
Tejay Antone
4021.60
now 7
14
Winshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
.0002.80
now 2
12
Tejay Antone
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
.0004.40
now 0
0
Tejay Antone
.0004.40
now 1
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighPaul Blackburn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighTejay Antone — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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