MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 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 — strikeouts and ERA. 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 (K, ERA); Chris Bassitt wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
91.5
Jacob Lopez
90.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
9.7%
Jacob Lopez
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
14.2%
Jacob Lopez
15.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
24.4%
Jacob Lopez
24.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
34.5%
Jacob Lopez
31.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
4.1%
Jacob Lopez
4.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
.344
Jacob Lopez
.311
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
2.937.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
4.71
Jacob Lopez
2.937.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
4.02
WHIPlower is better
Chris Bassitt
1.321.99
now 1.58
1.47
Jacob Lopez
1.321.99
now 1.84
1.59

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
4062.60
now 36
52
Jacob Lopez
4062.60
now 38
55
Winshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
1.408.60
now 4
37
Jacob Lopez
1.408.60
now 4
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellChris Bassitt — sell.conf 0.83
Hold · steadyJacob Lopez — hold.conf 0.60
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