MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Alex Hoppe
Alex Hoppe
BAL · P
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Portrait of JoJo Romero
JoJo Romero
MIL · 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 — ERA and WHIP. JoJo Romero’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Alex Hoppe wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); JoJo Romero wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
97.9
JoJo Romero
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
13.4%
JoJo Romero
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
27.6%
JoJo Romero
23.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
29.3%
JoJo Romero
27.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
41.6%
JoJo Romero
43.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
3.9%
JoJo Romero
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
.296
JoJo Romero
.337
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
Alex Hoppe
27.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.84
3.70
JoJo Romero
27.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Alex Hoppe
1.011.69
now 1.54
1.24
JoJo Romero
1.011.69
now 1.16
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Hoppe
4030.60
now 12
13
JoJo Romero
4030.60
now 25
15
Winshigher is better
Alex Hoppe
.000.480
now 0
00
JoJo Romero
.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
Hold · wait & seeJoJo Romero — hold.conf 0.50
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