MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Young
Brandon Young
BAL · P
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Portrait of Jacob Lopez
Jacob Lopez
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
▶
◀
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Brandon Young wins 1 (WHIP); Jacob Lopez wins 1 (ERA); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Young
94.4
Jacob Lopez
90.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.9%
Jacob Lopez
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
19.9%
Jacob Lopez
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
33.7%
Jacob Lopez
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
39.4%
Jacob Lopez
31.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.8%
Jacob Lopez
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.319
Jacob Lopez
.295
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 Young
28.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.24
Jacob Lopez
28.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.65
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.182.03
now 1.37
1.37
Jacob Lopez
1.182.03
now 1.84
1.42

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4053.20
now 33
0
Jacob Lopez
4053.20
now 38
0
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.0005.60
now 3
0–0
Jacob Lopez
.0005.60
now 4
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellBrandon Young — hold.conf 0.60
BuyJacob Lopez — buy.conf 0.73
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