MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Chris Bassitt
Chris Bassitt
BAL · P
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Portrait of Grayson Rodriguez
Grayson Rodriguez
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Grayson Rodriguez.

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

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
91.5
Grayson Rodriguez
96.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
9.7%
Grayson Rodriguez
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
14.2%
Grayson Rodriguez
17.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
24.4%
Grayson Rodriguez
26.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
34.5%
Grayson Rodriguez
49.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
4.1%
Grayson Rodriguez
11.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
.344
Grayson Rodriguez
.399
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
3.618.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
4.73
Grayson Rodriguez
3.618.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.53
6.13
WHIPlower is better
Chris Bassitt
1.331.77
now 1.58
1.47
Grayson Rodriguez
1.331.77
now 1.67
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
4047.60
now 36
32
Grayson Rodriguez
4047.60
now 14
38
Winshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
.4007.60
now 4
24
Grayson Rodriguez
.4007.60
now 2
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellChris Bassitt — sell.conf 0.84
SellGrayson Rodriguez — sell.conf 0.90
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