MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Chase Burns
Chase Burns
CIN · P
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Portrait of Drew Rasmussen
Drew Rasmussen
TB · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chase Burns.

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

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

Chase Burns wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Drew Rasmussen wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chase Burns
97.8
Drew Rasmussen
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chase Burns
15.5%
Drew Rasmussen
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chase Burns
28.6%
Drew Rasmussen
25.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chase Burns
34.0%
Drew Rasmussen
33.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chase Burns
37.4%
Drew Rasmussen
33.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chase Burns
8.9%
Drew Rasmussen
6.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chase Burns
.277
Drew Rasmussen
.282
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
Chase Burns
23.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.96
3.14
Drew Rasmussen
23.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.36
3.26
WHIPlower is better
Chase Burns
.9001.34
now 0.96
1.23
Drew Rasmussen
.9001.34
now 1.02
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chase Burns
42.6080.40
now 72
68
Drew Rasmussen
42.6080.40
now 55
51
Winshigher is better
Chase Burns
.00011.80
now 7
49
Drew Rasmussen
.00011.80
now 4
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighChase Burns — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.89
BuyDrew Rasmussen — buy.conf 0.85
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