MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Aroldis Chapman
Aroldis Chapman
BOS · P
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Portrait of Jeff Hoffman
Jeff Hoffman
TOR · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jeff Hoffman.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and wins. Aroldis Chapman’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jeff Hoffman wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Aroldis Chapman wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Aroldis Chapman
96.9
Jeff Hoffman
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aroldis Chapman
15.0%
Jeff Hoffman
18.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aroldis Chapman
29.6%
Jeff Hoffman
33.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aroldis Chapman
33.6%
Jeff Hoffman
37.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aroldis Chapman
37.8%
Jeff Hoffman
32.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aroldis Chapman
7.3%
Jeff Hoffman
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aroldis Chapman
.270
Jeff Hoffman
.285
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
Aroldis Chapman
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.48
3.70
Jeff Hoffman
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.31
3.37
WHIPlower is better
Aroldis Chapman
.9002.11
now 0.86
1.24
Jeff Hoffman
.9002.11
now 1.75
1.21

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aroldis Chapman
4053
now 25
28
Jeff Hoffman
4053
now 45
28
Winshigher is better
Aroldis Chapman
.0005.60
now 0
00
Jeff Hoffman
.0005.60
now 4
24
Saveshigher is better
Aroldis Chapman
.00018.80
now 12
814
Jeff Hoffman
.00018.80
now 5
25
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAroldis Chapman — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJeff Hoffman — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.88
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