MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Bassitt
Chris Bassitt
BAL · P
Change to
Tarik Skubal
LAD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tarik Skubal.

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

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

Tarik Skubal wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Chris Bassitt wins 0 (none); 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
Tarik Skubal
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
9.7%
Tarik Skubal
17.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
14.2%
Tarik Skubal
31.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
24.4%
Tarik Skubal
36.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
34.5%
Tarik Skubal
36.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
4.1%
Tarik Skubal
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
.344
Tarik Skubal
.269
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
26
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
4.73
Tarik Skubal
26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
2.98
WHIPlower is better
Chris Bassitt
.9001.83
now 1.58
1.47
Tarik Skubal
.9001.83
now 0.95
1.00

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
4050.60
now 36
34
Tarik Skubal
4050.60
now 45
42
Winshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
1.204.80
now 4
24
Tarik Skubal
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
BuyTarik Skubal — buy.conf 0.92
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