MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Chris Bassitt
Chris Bassitt
BAL · P
Change to
Yusei Kikuchi
LAA · 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 (ERA, W); Yusei Kikuchi 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
92.2
Yusei Kikuchi
95.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
9.9%
Yusei Kikuchi
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
15.7%
Yusei Kikuchi
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Bassitt
25.5%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
35.4%
Yusei Kikuchi
44.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
4.9%
Yusei Kikuchi
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Bassitt
.343
Yusei Kikuchi
.346
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
4.286.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
4.72
Yusei Kikuchi
4.286.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.78
WHIPlower is better
Chris Bassitt
1.271.67
now 1.58
1.46
Yusei Kikuchi
1.271.67
now 1.58
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
4046.80
now 36
9
Yusei Kikuchi
4046.80
now 33
12
Winshigher is better
Chris Bassitt
.0005.60
now 4
11
Yusei Kikuchi
.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 0.83
SellYusei Kikuchi — sell.conf 0.86
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