MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Brady Basso
ATH · P
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Portrait of Sean Manaea
Sean Manaea
NYM · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brady Basso.

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

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

Brady Basso wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Sean Manaea wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brady Basso
93.1
Sean Manaea
90.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brady Basso
13.0%
Sean Manaea
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brady Basso
20.9%
Sean Manaea
21.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brady Basso
32.4%
Sean Manaea
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brady Basso
44.0%
Sean Manaea
40.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brady Basso
8.0%
Sean Manaea
9.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brady Basso
.309
Sean Manaea
.325
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
Brady Basso
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.46
3.70
Sean Manaea
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.08
4.19
WHIPlower is better
Brady Basso
.9002.55
now 2.77
1.24
Sean Manaea
.9002.55
now 1.46
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brady Basso
4058
now 2
5
Sean Manaea
4058
now 42
31
Winshigher is better
Brady Basso
.000.480
now 0
00
Sean Manaea
.000.480
now 0
00

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
SellSean Manaea — sell.conf 0.66
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