MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Chris Roycroft
TB · P
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Portrait of Reynaldo López
Reynaldo López
ATL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Chris Roycroft wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Reynaldo López wins 2 (K, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
94.2
Reynaldo López
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
8.1%
Reynaldo López
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
18.1%
Reynaldo López
20.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
27.3%
Reynaldo López
26.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Roycroft
45.8%
Reynaldo López
35.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Roycroft
16.7%
Reynaldo López
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Roycroft
.378
Reynaldo López
.327
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
Chris Roycroft
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.27
3.70
Reynaldo López
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.31
4.21
WHIPlower is better
Chris Roycroft
.9002.55
now 3.55
1.24
Reynaldo López
.9002.55
now 1.33
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Roycroft
4042.20
now 3
12
Reynaldo López
4042.20
now 31
30
Winshigher is better
Chris Roycroft
.0004.20
now 0
00
Reynaldo López
.0004.20
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChris Roycroft — hold.conf 0.55
Sell HighReynaldo López — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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