MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Alex Hoppe
Alex Hoppe
SEA · P
Change to
Jacob Waguespack
DET · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Alex Hoppe.

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

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

Alex Hoppe wins 1 categories (K); Jacob Waguespack wins 0 (none); 3 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
97.7
Jacob Waguespack
92.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
13.6%
Jacob Waguespack
14.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
25.7%
Jacob Waguespack
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
28.3%
Jacob Waguespack
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
43.1%
Jacob Waguespack
32.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
2.8%
Jacob Waguespack
3.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
.307
Jacob Waguespack
.251
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
28.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.84
3.70
Jacob Waguespack
28.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Alex Hoppe
.9402.30
now 1.54
1.24
Jacob Waguespack
.9402.30
now 2.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Hoppe
4022
now 12
16
Jacob Waguespack
4022
now 1
14
Winshigher is better
Alex Hoppe
.000.480
now 0
00
Jacob Waguespack
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowAlex Hoppe — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Sell HighJacob Waguespack — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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