MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Eduard Bazardo
Eduard Bazardo
SEA · P
Change to
Portrait of Will Dion
Will Dion
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Will Dion.

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

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

Will Dion wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Eduard Bazardo wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
95.5
Will Dion
91.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
10.1%
Will Dion
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
24.4%
Will Dion
28.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
28.2%
Will Dion
35.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
38.5%
Will Dion
31.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
9.8%
Will Dion
3.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
.324
Will Dion
.304
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
27.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.13
4.17
Will Dion
27.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Eduard Bazardo
12.07
now 1.38
1.25
Will Dion
12.07
now 1.83
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
4029
now 23
14
Will Dion
4029
now 8
23
Winshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
.0004.20
now 3
13
Will Dion
.0004.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellEduard Bazardo — sell.conf 0.65
Buy LowWill Dion — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.77
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