MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Chris Bassitt
Chris Bassitt
BAL · P
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Portrait of Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Framber Valdez.

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

Framber Valdez 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
92.2
Framber Valdez
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
9.9%
Framber Valdez
9.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
15.7%
Framber Valdez
17.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
25.5%
Framber Valdez
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
35.4%
Framber Valdez
42.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
4.9%
Framber Valdez
5.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
.343
Framber Valdez
.324
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
Chris Bassitt
4.025.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
4.72
Framber Valdez
4.025.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.32
WHIPlower is better
Chris Bassitt
1.221.68
now 1.58
1.46
Framber Valdez
1.221.68
now 1.32
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
4072
now 36
9
Framber Valdez
4072
now 54
11
Winshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
.0005.60
now 4
11
Framber Valdez
.0005.60
now 2
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellChris Bassitt — sell.conf 0.83
SellFramber Valdez — sell.conf 0.65
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