MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Chris Bassitt
Chris Bassitt
BAL · P
Change to
Jake Irvin
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Chris Bassitt wins 2 (ERA, W); Jake Irvin wins 2 (K, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
91.5
Jake Irvin
92.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
9.7%
Jake Irvin
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
14.2%
Jake Irvin
23.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
24.4%
Jake Irvin
24.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
34.5%
Jake Irvin
45.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
4.1%
Jake Irvin
13.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
.344
Jake Irvin
.358
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
4.515.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
4.73
Jake Irvin
4.515.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
5.05
WHIPlower is better
Chris Bassitt
1.241.68
now 1.58
1.47
Jake Irvin
1.241.68
now 1.35
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
4068.40
now 36
32
Jake Irvin
4068.40
now 58
39
Winshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
.0005.20
now 4
24
Jake Irvin
.0005.20
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellChris Bassitt — sell.conf 0.84
SellJake Irvin — sell.conf 0.90
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