MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Gregory Soto
Gregory Soto
PIT · P
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Portrait of Jeff Hoffman
Jeff Hoffman
TOR · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jeff Hoffman.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP. Gregory Soto’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jeff Hoffman wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Gregory Soto wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gregory Soto
97.0
Jeff Hoffman
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gregory Soto
11.6%
Jeff Hoffman
18.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gregory Soto
27.0%
Jeff Hoffman
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gregory Soto
28.4%
Jeff Hoffman
38.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gregory Soto
35.4%
Jeff Hoffman
30.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gregory Soto
6.1%
Jeff Hoffman
7.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gregory Soto
.284
Jeff Hoffman
.274
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
Gregory Soto
28.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.95
3.67
Jeff Hoffman
28.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.31
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Gregory Soto
.9002.15
now 0.76
1.25
Jeff Hoffman
.9002.15
now 1.75
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gregory Soto
4053.40
now 32
24
Jeff Hoffman
4053.40
now 45
31
Winshigher is better
Gregory Soto
.8006.20
now 4
24
Jeff Hoffman
.8006.20
now 4
25
Saveshigher is better
Gregory Soto
1.408.60
now 7
47
Jeff Hoffman
1.408.60
now 5
35
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGregory Soto — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJeff Hoffman — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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