MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 17, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Lopez
Jacob Lopez
ATH · P
Change to
Jose Quintana
COL · 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); Jose Quintana wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
90.6
Jose Quintana
89.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
8.7%
Jose Quintana
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
16.4%
Jose Quintana
11.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
24.8%
Jose Quintana
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
30.8%
Jose Quintana
32.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
4.3%
Jose Quintana
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
.306
Jose Quintana
.343
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
Jacob Lopez
2.737.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.88
Jose Quintana
2.737.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.27
4.27
WHIPlower is better
Jacob Lopez
1.172.03
now 1.84
1.56
Jose Quintana
1.172.03
now 1.51
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
4056.40
now 38
46
Jose Quintana
4056.40
now 20
36
Winshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
.4007.60
now 4
36
Jose Quintana
.4007.60
now 2
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyJacob Lopez — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeJose Quintana — hold.conf 0.50
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