MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn
NYY · P
Change to
Ty Madden
DET · P
Change to
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

Paul Blackburn wins 2 (ERA, W); Ty Madden wins 2 (K, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
94.7
Ty Madden
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
10.4%
Ty Madden
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
20.3%
Ty Madden
27.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
27.1%
Ty Madden
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
32.9%
Ty Madden
31.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
6.7%
Ty Madden
5.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
.288
Ty Madden
.270
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
Paul Blackburn
2.823.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.43
Ty Madden
2.823.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.07
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Paul Blackburn
.9001.64
now 1.44
1.30
Ty Madden
.9001.64
now 0.95
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
4034.40
now 16
12
Ty Madden
4034.40
now 16
28
Winshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
.0002.80
now 2
12
Ty Madden
.0002.80
now 0
00

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
Sell HighTy Madden — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
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