MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Lopez
Jacob Lopez
ATH · P
Change to
Patrick Sandoval
BOS · 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

Jacob Lopez wins 2 (ERA, W); Patrick Sandoval wins 2 (K, 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
Patrick Sandoval
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
10.4%
Patrick Sandoval
12.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
18.7%
Patrick Sandoval
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
26.0%
Patrick Sandoval
31.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
30.9%
Patrick Sandoval
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
4.5%
Patrick Sandoval
5.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
.299
Patrick Sandoval
.323
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
3.72
Patrick Sandoval
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.08
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Jacob Lopez
1.082.06
now 1.84
1.52
Patrick Sandoval
1.082.06
now 1.38
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
4051.20
now 38
33
Patrick Sandoval
4051.20
now 5
37
Winshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
.0007
now 4
25
Patrick Sandoval
.0007
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJacob Lopez — buy.conf 0.71
Hold · wait & seePatrick Sandoval — hold.conf 0.50
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