MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Carson Palmquist
WSH · 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); Carson Palmquist wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Carson Palmquist
91.2
Jacob Lopez
90.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Carson Palmquist
11.4%
Jacob Lopez
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Carson Palmquist
20.3%
Jacob Lopez
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Carson Palmquist
35.4%
Jacob Lopez
26.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Carson Palmquist
24.5%
Jacob Lopez
30.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Carson Palmquist
4.1%
Jacob Lopez
4.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Carson Palmquist
.320
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
Carson Palmquist
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
4.10
Jacob Lopez
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Carson Palmquist
.9002.22
now 0.90
1.30
Jacob Lopez
.9002.22
now 1.84
1.52

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Carson Palmquist
4052
now 3
23
Jacob Lopez
4052
now 38
33
Winshigher is better
Carson Palmquist
.0007
now 0
00
Jacob Lopez
.0007
now 4
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCarson Palmquist — hold.conf 0.55
BuyJacob Lopez — buy.conf 0.71
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