MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Lopez
Jacob Lopez
ATH · P
Change to
Portrait of Martín Pérez
Martín Pérez
ATL · 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. Martín Pérez’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Jacob Lopez wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Martín Pérez 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
Martín Pérez
89.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
9.7%
Martín Pérez
9.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
17.5%
Martín Pérez
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
25.4%
Martín Pérez
25.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
31.1%
Martín Pérez
38.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
4.9%
Martín Pérez
6.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
.304
Martín Pérez
.332
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
3.87
Martín Pérez
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.79
4.49
WHIPlower is better
Jacob Lopez
.9002.15
now 1.84
1.54
Martín Pérez
.9002.15
now 1.06
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
4047.60
now 38
36
Martín Pérez
4047.60
now 42
34
Winshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
.8006.20
now 4
25
Martín Pérez
.8006.20
now 3
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
Sell HighMartín Pérez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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