MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Aaron Ashby
Aaron Ashby
MIL · P
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Portrait of Jeff Hoffman
Jeff Hoffman
TOR · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Aaron Ashby.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Aaron Ashby wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Jeff Hoffman wins 2 (WHIP, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Aaron Ashby
97.3
Jeff Hoffman
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aaron Ashby
13.0%
Jeff Hoffman
18.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aaron Ashby
30.9%
Jeff Hoffman
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aaron Ashby
30.5%
Jeff Hoffman
38.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aaron Ashby
39.7%
Jeff Hoffman
30.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aaron Ashby
5.0%
Jeff Hoffman
7.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aaron Ashby
.274
Jeff Hoffman
.274
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
Aaron Ashby
28.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
3.07
Jeff Hoffman
28.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.31
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Aaron Ashby
1.041.95
now 1.28
1.32
Jeff Hoffman
1.041.95
now 1.75
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aaron Ashby
4059
now 51
34
Jeff Hoffman
4059
now 45
31
Winshigher is better
Aaron Ashby
.00011.80
now 9
39
Jeff Hoffman
.00011.80
now 4
25
Saveshigher is better
Aaron Ashby
.0007
now 0
0
Jeff Hoffman
.0007
now 5
35
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowAaron Ashby — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.73
Buy LowJeff Hoffman — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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