MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Cade Povich
BAL · 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 — strikeouts, ERA, and wins.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Povich
91.9
Jacob Lopez
90.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Povich
12.2%
Jacob Lopez
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Povich
18.1%
Jacob Lopez
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Povich
31.7%
Jacob Lopez
26.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Povich
44.2%
Jacob Lopez
30.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Povich
7.8%
Jacob Lopez
4.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Povich
.333
Jacob Lopez
.298
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
Cade Povich
2.477.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.12
4.10
Jacob Lopez
2.477.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Cade Povich
1.082.06
now 1.34
1.30
Jacob Lopez
1.082.06
now 1.84
1.52

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Povich
4048.40
now 12
24
Jacob Lopez
4048.40
now 38
30
Winshigher is better
Cade Povich
.0005.20
now 1
12
Jacob Lopez
.0005.20
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Povich — hold.conf 0.50
BuyJacob Lopez — buy.conf 0.72
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