MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Bubba Chandler
Bubba Chandler
PIT · P
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Portrait of Jacob Lopez
Jacob Lopez
ATH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob Lopez.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
▶
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Jacob Lopez wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Bubba Chandler wins 0 (none); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bubba Chandler
98.3
Jacob Lopez
90.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bubba Chandler
10.4%
Jacob Lopez
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bubba Chandler
20.8%
Jacob Lopez
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bubba Chandler
28.1%
Jacob Lopez
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bubba Chandler
39.2%
Jacob Lopez
31.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bubba Chandler
6.1%
Jacob Lopez
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bubba Chandler
.318
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
Bubba Chandler
2.417.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.85
4.22
Jacob Lopez
2.417.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.65
WHIPlower is better
Bubba Chandler
1.252.01
now 1.52
1.43
Jacob Lopez
1.252.01
now 1.84
1.42

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bubba Chandler
4072.80
now 52
0
Jacob Lopez
4072.80
now 38
0
Winshigher is better
Bubba Chandler
.0005.60
now 1
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 sellBubba Chandler — hold.conf 0.60
BuyJacob Lopez — buy.conf 0.73
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