MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Eduard Bazardo
Eduard Bazardo
SEA · P
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Portrait of Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn
NYY · 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 and WHIP.

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

Eduard Bazardo wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Paul Blackburn wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
95.5
Paul Blackburn
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
10.3%
Paul Blackburn
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
24.6%
Paul Blackburn
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
28.3%
Paul Blackburn
27.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
37.0%
Paul Blackburn
32.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
8.7%
Paul Blackburn
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
.311
Paul Blackburn
.288
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
24.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.13
3.93
Paul Blackburn
24.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.43
WHIPlower is better
Eduard Bazardo
1.171.52
now 1.38
1.25
Paul Blackburn
1.171.52
now 1.44
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
4028.60
now 23
15
Paul Blackburn
4028.60
now 16
11
Winshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
.2003.80
now 3
13
Paul Blackburn
.2003.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyEduard Bazardo — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighPaul Blackburn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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