MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 3, 2026
Portrait of Chris Bassitt
Chris Bassitt
BAL · P
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Portrait of Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai
HOU · 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 (K, W); Tatsuya Imai 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
Tatsuya Imai
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
9.7%
Tatsuya Imai
13.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
14.2%
Tatsuya Imai
27.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
24.4%
Tatsuya Imai
26.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
34.5%
Tatsuya Imai
46.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
4.1%
Tatsuya Imai
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
.344
Tatsuya Imai
.340
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
4.255.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
4.69
Tatsuya Imai
4.255.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.61
WHIPlower is better
Chris Bassitt
1.271.67
now 1.58
1.47
Tatsuya Imai
1.271.67
now 1.36
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
4067.20
now 36
56
Tatsuya Imai
4067.20
now 28
50
Winshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
.0009
now 4
37
Tatsuya Imai
.0009
now 2
35

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellChris Bassitt — sell.conf 0.82
SellTatsuya Imai — sell.conf 0.78
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