MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Carmen Mlodzinski
Carmen Mlodzinski
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

Carmen Mlodzinski.

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

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

Carmen Mlodzinski wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Jacob Lopez wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
95.0
Jacob Lopez
90.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
9.6%
Jacob Lopez
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
18.4%
Jacob Lopez
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
30.4%
Jacob Lopez
26.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
46.9%
Jacob Lopez
30.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
7.0%
Jacob Lopez
4.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
.337
Jacob Lopez
.299
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
Carmen Mlodzinski
2.527.96
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.76
4.59
Jacob Lopez
2.527.96
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Carmen Mlodzinski
1.182.03
now 1.42
1.37
Jacob Lopez
1.182.03
now 1.84
1.52

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Carmen Mlodzinski
4051.60
now 46
39
Jacob Lopez
4051.60
now 38
34
Winshigher is better
Carmen Mlodzinski
.8006.20
now 4
24
Jacob Lopez
.8006.20
now 4
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellCarmen Mlodzinski — sell.conf 0.78
BuyJacob Lopez — buy.conf 0.71
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