MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
SF · P
Change to
Portrait of Jacob Lopez
Jacob Lopez
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob Lopez.

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 n/a

Jacob Lopez wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Adrian Houser wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Adrian Houser
95.5
Jacob Lopez
90.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
8.5%
Jacob Lopez
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
15.5%
Jacob Lopez
16.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
25.2%
Jacob Lopez
24.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
41.0%
Jacob Lopez
30.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
9.0%
Jacob Lopez
4.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Adrian Houser
.345
Jacob Lopez
.312
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
Adrian Houser
2.977.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.73
Jacob Lopez
2.977.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
4.05
WHIPlower is better
Adrian Houser
1.202.02
now 1.56
1.38
Jacob Lopez
1.202.02
now 1.84
1.57

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Adrian Houser
4058.80
now 35
42
Jacob Lopez
4058.80
now 38
52
Winshigher is better
Adrian Houser
.0009.40
now 2
13
Jacob Lopez
.0009.40
now 4
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAdrian Houser — sell.conf 0.84
Buy LowJacob Lopez — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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