MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Carson Whisenhunt
SF · 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 and ERA.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Carson Whisenhunt
92.7
Jacob Lopez
90.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Carson Whisenhunt
15.0%
Jacob Lopez
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Carson Whisenhunt
19.0%
Jacob Lopez
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Carson Whisenhunt
35.5%
Jacob Lopez
26.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Carson Whisenhunt
48.6%
Jacob Lopez
31.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Carson Whisenhunt
10.0%
Jacob Lopez
4.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Carson Whisenhunt
.387
Jacob Lopez
.291
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 Whisenhunt
2.038.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
4.10
Jacob Lopez
2.038.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.51
WHIPlower is better
Carson Whisenhunt
1.082.06
now 1.41
1.30
Jacob Lopez
1.082.06
now 1.84
1.49

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Carson Whisenhunt
4050.80
now 6
15
Jacob Lopez
4050.80
now 38
28
Winshigher is better
Carson Whisenhunt
.0005.20
now 1
24
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 & seeCarson Whisenhunt — hold.conf 0.55
BuyJacob Lopez — buy.conf 0.78
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