MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Bennett Sousa
HOU · P
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Portrait of Eduard Bazardo
Eduard Bazardo
SEA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Bennett Sousa.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Eduard Bazardo’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Bennett Sousa wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Eduard Bazardo wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bennett Sousa
93.9
Eduard Bazardo
95.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bennett Sousa
15.4%
Eduard Bazardo
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bennett Sousa
23.9%
Eduard Bazardo
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bennett Sousa
33.2%
Eduard Bazardo
26.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bennett Sousa
32.4%
Eduard Bazardo
39.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bennett Sousa
10.3%
Eduard Bazardo
9.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bennett Sousa
.305
Eduard Bazardo
.332
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
Bennett Sousa
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.10
3.70
Eduard Bazardo
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.13
4.34
WHIPlower is better
Bennett Sousa
.9002.55
now 2.40
1.24
Eduard Bazardo
.9002.55
now 1.38
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bennett Sousa
4030.60
now 4
4
Eduard Bazardo
4030.60
now 23
4
Winshigher is better
Bennett Sousa
.0004.20
now 0
00
Eduard Bazardo
.0004.20
now 3
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowBennett Sousa — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
SellEduard Bazardo — sell.conf 0.73
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