MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Chris Bassitt
Chris Bassitt
BAL · P
Change to
Portrait of Dustin May
Dustin May
STL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dustin May.

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

Dustin May wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Chris Bassitt wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
91.5
Dustin May
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
9.7%
Dustin May
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
14.2%
Dustin May
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
24.4%
Dustin May
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
34.5%
Dustin May
46.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
4.1%
Dustin May
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
.344
Dustin May
.308
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
Chris Bassitt
3.555.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
4.75
Dustin May
3.555.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.98
WHIPlower is better
Chris Bassitt
1.191.69
now 1.58
1.47
Dustin May
1.191.69
now 1.30
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
4057
now 36
37
Dustin May
4057
now 51
39
Winshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
.8006.20
now 4
25
Dustin May
.8006.20
now 3
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellChris Bassitt — sell.conf 0.85
Buy LowDustin May — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.78
Tweet