MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Eduard Bazardo
Eduard Bazardo
SEA · P
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Portrait of Matt Gage
Matt Gage
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Eduard Bazardo.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Eduard Bazardo wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Matt Gage wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
95.5
Matt Gage
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
9.8%
Matt Gage
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
23.5%
Matt Gage
17.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
28.6%
Matt Gage
34.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
40.5%
Matt Gage
31.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
7.8%
Matt Gage
10.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
.308
Matt Gage
.352
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
Eduard Bazardo
24.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.13
3.71
Matt Gage
24.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.63
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Eduard Bazardo
1.171.45
now 1.38
1.24
Matt Gage
1.171.45
now 1.29
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
4028.60
now 23
20
Matt Gage
4028.60
now 19
18
Winshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
.0006.60
now 3
14
Matt Gage
.0006.60
now 4
25
Saveshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
.0003.40
now 0
0
Matt Gage
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeEduard Bazardo — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMatt Gage — hold.conf 0.50
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