MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Eduard Bazardo
Eduard Bazardo
SEA · P
Change to
Jimmy Herget
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jimmy Herget.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and saves. Eduard Bazardo’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jimmy Herget wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Eduard Bazardo wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
95.5
Jimmy Herget
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
10.2%
Jimmy Herget
13.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
24.2%
Jimmy Herget
21.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
28.6%
Jimmy Herget
28.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
38.0%
Jimmy Herget
40.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
9.2%
Jimmy Herget
12.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
.318
Jimmy Herget
.337
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
Eduard Bazardo
26.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.13
4.05
Jimmy Herget
26.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Eduard Bazardo
1.171.45
now 1.38
1.26
Jimmy Herget
1.171.45
now 1.38
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
4028.60
now 23
14
Jimmy Herget
4028.60
now 17
16
Winshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
.0004.20
now 3
13
Jimmy Herget
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
.0003.40
now 0
0
Jimmy Herget
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyEduard Bazardo — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeJimmy Herget — hold.conf 0.55
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