MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Brady Basso
ATH · P
Change to
Portrait of Luinder Avila
Luinder Avila
KC · 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

Brady Basso wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Luinder Avila wins 2 (K, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brady Basso
93.1
Luinder Avila
96.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brady Basso
13.0%
Luinder Avila
10.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brady Basso
20.9%
Luinder Avila
20.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brady Basso
32.4%
Luinder Avila
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brady Basso
44.0%
Luinder Avila
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brady Basso
8.0%
Luinder Avila
6.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brady Basso
.309
Luinder Avila
.337
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
Brady Basso
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.46
3.70
Luinder Avila
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.44
4.43
WHIPlower is better
Brady Basso
.9002.55
now 2.77
1.24
Luinder Avila
.9002.55
now 1.71
1.51

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brady Basso
4034.20
now 2
5
Luinder Avila
4034.20
now 25
24
Winshigher is better
Brady Basso
.0001.48
now 0
00
Luinder Avila
.0001.48
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowBrady Basso — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
SellLuinder Avila — sell.conf 0.77
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