MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Portrait of Eric Lauer
Eric Lauer
LAD · P
Change to
Portrait of Jacob Lopez
Jacob Lopez
ATH · P
Change to
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); Eric Lauer wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eric Lauer
90.9
Jacob Lopez
90.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
9.4%
Jacob Lopez
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
14.5%
Jacob Lopez
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
32.2%
Jacob Lopez
24.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
35.5%
Jacob Lopez
30.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
10.9%
Jacob Lopez
4.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Lauer
.341
Jacob Lopez
.306
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
Eric Lauer
2.737.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.64
Jacob Lopez
2.737.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.88
WHIPlower is better
Eric Lauer
1.172.03
now 1.39
1.36
Jacob Lopez
1.172.03
now 1.84
1.56

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Lauer
4053.80
now 30
45
Jacob Lopez
4053.80
now 38
47
Winshigher is better
Eric Lauer
.4007.60
now 2
23
Jacob Lopez
.4007.60
now 4
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.80
Hold · leans buyJacob Lopez — hold.conf 0.60
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