MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Brandon Williamson
CIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Jacob Lopez
Jacob Lopez
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob Lopez.

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

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

Jacob Lopez wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Brandon Williamson wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
92.5
Jacob Lopez
90.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
10.4%
Jacob Lopez
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
14.8%
Jacob Lopez
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
24.6%
Jacob Lopez
26.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Williamson
41.9%
Jacob Lopez
30.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Williamson
10.5%
Jacob Lopez
4.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Williamson
.389
Jacob Lopez
.298
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
Brandon Williamson
2.477.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.11
4.29
Jacob Lopez
2.477.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Williamson
1.142.04
now 1.64
1.34
Jacob Lopez
1.142.04
now 1.84
1.52

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Williamson
4045.60
now 19
28
Jacob Lopez
4045.60
now 38
30
Winshigher is better
Brandon Williamson
1.204.80
now 2
23
Jacob Lopez
1.204.80
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrandon Williamson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.82
BuyJacob Lopez — buy.conf 0.72
Tweet