MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Alex Hoppe
Alex Hoppe
SEA · P
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Portrait of José Suarez
José Suarez
ATH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

José Suarez.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

José Suarez wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Alex Hoppe wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
97.7
José Suarez
92.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
12.5%
José Suarez
13.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
24.1%
José Suarez
24.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Hoppe
27.9%
José Suarez
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
42.3%
José Suarez
32.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
2.8%
José Suarez
2.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Hoppe
.307
José Suarez
.294
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
2.686.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.84
3.70
José Suarez
2.686.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.46
3.58
WHIPlower is better
Alex Hoppe
.9802.15
now 1.54
1.24
José Suarez
.9802.15
now 1.89
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Hoppe
4041.40
now 12
16
José Suarez
4041.40
now 33
24
Winshigher is better
Alex Hoppe
.000.480
now 0
00
José Suarez
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Alex Hoppe
.0002.40
now 0
0
José Suarez
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowAlex Hoppe — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Buy LowJosé Suarez — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.80
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