MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Chris Bassitt
Chris Bassitt
BAL · P
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Portrait of Jacob Lopez
Jacob Lopez
ATH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob Lopez.

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

Jacob Lopez wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Chris Bassitt wins 0 (none); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
92.4
Jacob Lopez
90.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
9.7%
Jacob Lopez
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
16.1%
Jacob Lopez
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
25.7%
Jacob Lopez
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
37.8%
Jacob Lopez
31.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
5.0%
Jacob Lopez
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
.338
Jacob Lopez
.295
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
2.417.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
4.63
Jacob Lopez
2.417.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.65
WHIPlower is better
Chris Bassitt
1.252.01
now 1.58
1.46
Jacob Lopez
1.252.01
now 1.84
1.42

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
4053.20
now 36
0
Jacob Lopez
4053.20
now 38
0
Winshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
.0005.60
now 4
0–0
Jacob Lopez
.0005.60
now 4
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellChris Bassitt — sell.conf 0.80
BuyJacob Lopez — buy.conf 0.73
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