MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Alex Hoppe
Alex Hoppe
BAL · P
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Portrait of George Soriano
George Soriano
STL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Alex Hoppe.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. George Soriano’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Alex Hoppe wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); George Soriano wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
97.9
George Soriano
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
13.4%
George Soriano
14.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
27.6%
George Soriano
23.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
29.3%
George Soriano
33.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
41.6%
George Soriano
41.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
3.9%
George Soriano
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
.296
George Soriano
.311
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
Alex Hoppe
26.96
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.84
3.70
George Soriano
26.96
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.92
WHIPlower is better
Alex Hoppe
.9801.70
now 1.54
1.24
George Soriano
.9801.70
now 1.14
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Hoppe
4025.60
now 12
14
George Soriano
4025.60
now 20
13
Winshigher is better
Alex Hoppe
.0002.80
now 0
00
George Soriano
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Alex Hoppe
.0003.40
now 0
0
George Soriano
.0003.40
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowAlex Hoppe — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Sell HighGeorge Soriano — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.87
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