MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Chris Bassitt
Chris Bassitt
BAL · P
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Portrait of Matthew Liberatore
Matthew Liberatore
STL · P
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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); Matthew Liberatore 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
Matthew Liberatore
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
9.7%
Matthew Liberatore
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
14.2%
Matthew Liberatore
21.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
24.4%
Matthew Liberatore
29.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
34.5%
Matthew Liberatore
43.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
4.1%
Matthew Liberatore
9.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
.344
Matthew Liberatore
.350
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
4.075.34
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
4.72
Matthew Liberatore
4.075.34
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.85
WHIPlower is better
Chris Bassitt
1.311.66
now 1.58
1.47
Matthew Liberatore
1.311.66
now 1.50
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
4065.40
now 36
37
Matthew Liberatore
4065.40
now 57
42
Winshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
.0006.60
now 4
25
Matthew Liberatore
.0006.60
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellChris Bassitt — sell.conf 0.84
SellMatthew Liberatore — sell.conf 0.90
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