MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Lopez
Jacob Lopez
ATH · P
Change to
Luis Morales
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); Luis Morales 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
90.5
Luis Morales
97.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
9.7%
Luis Morales
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
17.5%
Luis Morales
15.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
25.4%
Luis Morales
27.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
31.1%
Luis Morales
42.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
4.9%
Luis Morales
12.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
.304
Luis Morales
.419
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.85
Luis Morales
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 14.46
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Jacob Lopez
.9002.55
now 1.84
1.54
Luis Morales
.9002.55
now 3.11
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
4050.40
now 38
36
Luis Morales
4050.40
now 7
29
Winshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
.0007
now 4
25
Luis Morales
.0007
now 0
00

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 & seeLuis Morales — hold.conf 0.55
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