MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · July 1, 2026
Portrait of Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn
NYY · P
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Portrait of Will Klein
Will Klein
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Will Klein.

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

Will Klein 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
Paul Blackburn
94.5
Will Klein
97.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
9.3%
Will Klein
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
16.9%
Will Klein
25.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
26.1%
Will Klein
30.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
34.2%
Will Klein
38.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
6.7%
Will Klein
3.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
.303
Will Klein
.289
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
24.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.70
Will Klein
24.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.88
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Paul Blackburn
.9001.60
now 1.44
1.25
Will Klein
.9001.60
now 1.04
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
4037
now 16
21
Will Klein
4037
now 25
31
Winshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
.0005.20
now 2
14
Will Klein
.0005.20
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
.0003.40
now 0
0
Will Klein
.0003.40
now 1
02
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 & seeWill Klein — hold.conf 0.50
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