MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Eduard Bazardo
Eduard Bazardo
SEA · P
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Portrait of Pierce Johnson
Pierce Johnson
CIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Pierce Johnson.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, 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

Pierce Johnson wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Eduard Bazardo wins 1 (W); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
95.1
Pierce Johnson
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
9.5%
Pierce Johnson
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
20.7%
Pierce Johnson
21.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
29.0%
Pierce Johnson
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
41.1%
Pierce Johnson
35.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
8.4%
Pierce Johnson
14.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
.328
Pierce Johnson
.381
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
24.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.13
3.74
Pierce Johnson
24.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.27
3.75
WHIPlower is better
Eduard Bazardo
1.161.45
now 1.38
1.25
Pierce Johnson
1.161.45
now 1.23
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
4041
now 23
34
Pierce Johnson
4041
now 20
35
Winshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
.4007.60
now 3
26
Pierce Johnson
.4007.60
now 2
24
Saveshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
.0004.40
now 0
0
Pierce Johnson
.0004.40
now 1
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If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeEduard Bazardo — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPierce Johnson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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