MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Caleb Ferguson
Caleb Ferguson
STL · P
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Portrait of Eduard Bazardo
Eduard Bazardo
SEA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Caleb Ferguson.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

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

Caleb Ferguson wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Eduard Bazardo wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Caleb Ferguson
92.4
Eduard Bazardo
95.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Caleb Ferguson
9.0%
Eduard Bazardo
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Caleb Ferguson
20.2%
Eduard Bazardo
24.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Caleb Ferguson
30.0%
Eduard Bazardo
28.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Caleb Ferguson
32.0%
Eduard Bazardo
38.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Caleb Ferguson
4.0%
Eduard Bazardo
9.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Caleb Ferguson
.290
Eduard Bazardo
.318
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
Caleb Ferguson
25.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Eduard Bazardo
25.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.13
4.06
WHIPlower is better
Caleb Ferguson
.9001.69
now 0.60
1.24
Eduard Bazardo
.9001.69
now 1.38
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Caleb Ferguson
4029.80
now 6
23
Eduard Bazardo
4029.80
now 23
14
Winshigher is better
Caleb Ferguson
.0004.20
now 0
00
Eduard Bazardo
.0004.20
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowCaleb Ferguson — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.76
Hold · steadyEduard Bazardo — hold.conf 0.60
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