MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Griffin Canning
Griffin Canning
SD · P
Change to
Portrait of Jacob Lopez
Jacob Lopez
ATH · P
Change to
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

Griffin Canning wins 2 (K, WHIP); Jacob Lopez wins 2 (ERA, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Griffin Canning
94.4
Jacob Lopez
90.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Griffin Canning
11.1%
Jacob Lopez
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Griffin Canning
23.2%
Jacob Lopez
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Griffin Canning
26.1%
Jacob Lopez
26.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Griffin Canning
48.4%
Jacob Lopez
30.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Griffin Canning
10.2%
Jacob Lopez
4.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Griffin Canning
.337
Jacob Lopez
.299
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
Griffin Canning
2.368.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.16
4.59
Jacob Lopez
2.368.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Griffin Canning
1.272
now 1.55
1.43
Jacob Lopez
1.272
now 1.84
1.52

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Griffin Canning
4043.60
now 27
37
Jacob Lopez
4043.60
now 38
34
Winshigher is better
Griffin Canning
.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 · leans sellGriffin Canning — hold.conf 0.60
BuyJacob Lopez — buy.conf 0.71
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