MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Bubba Chandler
Bubba Chandler
PIT · P
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Portrait of Shane Baz
Shane Baz
BAL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Bubba Chandler.

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

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

Bubba Chandler wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Shane Baz wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bubba Chandler
98.5
Shane Baz
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bubba Chandler
11.1%
Shane Baz
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bubba Chandler
20.1%
Shane Baz
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bubba Chandler
29.3%
Shane Baz
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bubba Chandler
36.8%
Shane Baz
41.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bubba Chandler
6.2%
Shane Baz
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bubba Chandler
.308
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
Bubba Chandler
3.605.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.85
3.96
Shane Baz
3.605.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.48
4.24
WHIPlower is better
Bubba Chandler
1.321.59
now 1.52
1.45
Shane Baz
1.321.59
now 1.43
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bubba Chandler
4062.60
now 52
44
Shane Baz
4062.60
now 57
43
Winshigher is better
Bubba Chandler
.5202.48
now 1
11
Shane Baz
.5202.48
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBubba Chandler — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellShane Baz — hold.conf 0.60
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