MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Blade Tidwell
SF · P
Change to
Portrait of Eduard Bazardo
Eduard Bazardo
SEA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Blade Tidwell.

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

Blade Tidwell 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
Blade Tidwell
95.3
Eduard Bazardo
95.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
10.3%
Eduard Bazardo
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
20.5%
Eduard Bazardo
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
25.3%
Eduard Bazardo
26.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blade Tidwell
38.7%
Eduard Bazardo
39.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blade Tidwell
10.1%
Eduard Bazardo
9.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blade Tidwell
.312
Eduard Bazardo
.332
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
Blade Tidwell
25.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.00
3.70
Eduard Bazardo
25.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.13
4.34
WHIPlower is better
Blade Tidwell
.9601.50
now 1.08
1.24
Eduard Bazardo
.9601.50
now 1.38
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blade Tidwell
4030.60
now 10
4
Eduard Bazardo
4030.60
now 23
4
Winshigher is better
Blade Tidwell
.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
Hold · wait & seeBlade Tidwell — hold.conf 0.50
SellEduard Bazardo — sell.conf 0.73
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