MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Chris Bassitt
Chris Bassitt
BAL · P
Change to
Shane Bieber
TOR · 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 (K, W); Shane Bieber wins 2 (ERA, 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
Shane Bieber
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
9.7%
Shane Bieber
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
14.2%
Shane Bieber
16.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
24.4%
Shane Bieber
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
34.5%
Shane Bieber
45.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
4.1%
Shane Bieber
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
.344
Shane Bieber
.404
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
3.346.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
4.72
Shane Bieber
3.346.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Chris Bassitt
1.022.28
now 1.58
1.47
Shane Bieber
1.022.28
now 2.00
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
4048
now 36
31
Shane Bieber
4048
now 6
27
Winshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
.0005.60
now 4
24
Shane Bieber
.0005.60
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellChris Bassitt — sell.conf 0.84
Hold · wait & seeShane Bieber — hold.conf 0.50
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