MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Chris Bassitt
Chris Bassitt
BAL · P
Change to
Rhett Lowder
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chris Bassitt.

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

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

Chris Bassitt wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Rhett Lowder 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
Rhett Lowder
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
9.7%
Rhett Lowder
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
14.2%
Rhett Lowder
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
24.4%
Rhett Lowder
26.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
34.5%
Rhett Lowder
39.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
4.1%
Rhett Lowder
9.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
.344
Rhett Lowder
.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
4.505.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
4.72
Rhett Lowder
4.505.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
4.86
WHIPlower is better
Chris Bassitt
1.371.65
now 1.58
1.47
Rhett Lowder
1.371.65
now 1.45
1.44

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
4041.60
now 36
33
Rhett Lowder
4041.60
now 31
27
Winshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
1.204.80
now 4
24
Rhett Lowder
1.204.80
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellChris Bassitt — sell.conf 0.84
SellRhett Lowder — sell.conf 0.90
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