MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Abbott
Andrew Abbott
CIN · P
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Portrait of Shane Baz
Shane Baz
BAL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Shane Baz.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Shane Baz wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Andrew Abbott wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
92.5
Shane Baz
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
10.5%
Shane Baz
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
18.0%
Shane Baz
20.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
28.7%
Shane Baz
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
38.0%
Shane Baz
42.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
7.3%
Shane Baz
6.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
.333
Shane Baz
.320
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
Andrew Abbott
3.804.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.49
Shane Baz
3.804.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.48
4.23
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Abbott
1.321.51
now 1.44
1.43
Shane Baz
1.321.51
now 1.43
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
4068.60
now 42
28
Shane Baz
4068.60
now 57
38
Winshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
.0005.20
now 4
24
Shane Baz
.0005.20
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAndrew Abbott — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · leans sellShane Baz — hold.conf 0.60
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