MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn
NYY · P
Change to
Portrait of Yuki Matsui
Yuki Matsui
SD · 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); Yuki Matsui 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
94.6
Yuki Matsui
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
9.8%
Yuki Matsui
18.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
18.9%
Yuki Matsui
26.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
27.2%
Yuki Matsui
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
32.1%
Yuki Matsui
30.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
6.4%
Yuki Matsui
9.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
.293
Yuki Matsui
.292
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
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.55
Yuki Matsui
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Paul Blackburn
.9001.67
now 1.44
1.33
Yuki Matsui
.9001.67
now 0.87
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
4025.60
now 16
13
Yuki Matsui
4025.60
now 15
20
Winshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
.0004.20
now 2
13
Yuki Matsui
.0004.20
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 HighYuki Matsui — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.94
Tweet